Rapid Deployment Force

Rapid Deployment Force

A Rapid Deployment Force is a military formation capable of quick deployment of its forces. Such forces typically consist of elite military units and may receive priority in equipment and training to prepare them for their mission.

Examples of rapid deployment forces include:
* Helsinki Headline Goal Force Catalogue
* European Union Battlegroups
* United States Rapid Deployment Forces
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* Finnish Rapid Deployment Force (FRDF)
* Norwegian Telemark Battalion
* Argentine Rapid Deployment Force (FDR)
*UNPROFOR's Rapid Reaction Force, consisting of TF Alpha, TF Bravo, and the 24th Airmobile Brigade in the last years of the Bosnian war of 1992-95.


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