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I tried googling "permanently staffed guaranteed action point (GAP)." With no results.

Is this the militarys mitigation of the two generals problem?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Generals%27_Problem

It's more like reliable messaging (say TCP over IP) as opposed to best-effort messaging (where no guarantee of delivery exists). Best-effort messaging better describes a solution to the two generals problem.

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