Rapid deployment force

Short description: Military formation for quick deployment

82nd Airborne Division paratroopers board a transport aircraft

A rapid deployment force is a military formation that is capable of fast deployment. Such forces typically consist of elite military units (special forces, paratroopers, marines, etc.) and are usually trained at a higher intensity than the rest of their country's military. They usually receive priority in equipment and training to prepare them for their missions. A quick reaction force (QRF) or rapid reaction force should not be confused with Rapid Deployment Forces (US) or Rapid Response (NATO). QRF units are most often units that react to local or regional issues within their area of jurisdiction, e.g. National Guard, militias, Forward Deployed, para-military forces, etc. One example of a National Guard Unit that was classified as a Rapid Deployment Force was Troop E, 31st Cavalry based out of Sylacauga, Alabama.

Rapid deployment forces in most militaries are used for deployment outside of their country's borders. The US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, 75th Ranger Regiment and the 101st Airborne Division all share the responsibility of Rapid Deployment Forces. Both units have the mission of having combat troops "Wheels Up" (en route by aircraft) within 18 hours of executive notification. Both units have the capability of "Forced Entry" into a territory to seize and secure key terrain, e.g. Drop Zone (DZ), airfield or airport, to accommodate follow up forces. A good example of this was the Operation Urgent Fury. The Rangers were at the staging base in Barbados in less than 18 hours from notification followed by the 82nd Airborne Division. The title of Rapid Deployment Forces is often associated with the US Marines. Members of the United States Marine Corps are stationed worldwide on ships, off the coasts of troubled regions and are already in place. That mission status usually places them into the category of "Forward Deployed" in the same manner as the United States Army's 2nd Infantry Division in the South Korea is forward-deployed on the DMZ.

## Examples

Examples of Rapid Deployment Forces include:

* Argentine Rapid Deployment Force (FDR)
* Rapid Deployment Force (FUDRA)
* Egyptian Rapid deployment forces[1]
* Finnish Rapid Deployment Force (FRDF)
* / Rapid Forces Division
* Indonesian Quick Reaction Forces Command
* Indonesian Army Strategic Command
* Indonesian Marine Corps
* Nedsa Corps[2][3]
* NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Italy
* Central Readiness Regiment
* 10th Parachute Brigade
* Netherlands Marine Corps
* Norwegian Telemark Battalion
* 710th Special Operations Wing
* Rapid Reaction Brigade
* Guards
* Air Mobile Brigade
* 31st Infantry Regiment, King's Guard
* Immediate Response Force
* Marine Expeditionary Unit[4]
* XVIII Airborne Corps
* 75th Ranger Regiment
* / Airborne Troops (VDV)
* Helsinki Headline Goal Force Catalogue
* European Union Battlegroups
* NATO Response Force

## See also

* Expeditionary warfare
* Power projection

## References

1. ↑ "السيسى : تشكيل قوات التدخل السريع بالجيش المصرى انجاز تاريخى". 25 March 2014. http://www1.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=1576429.
2. ↑ "آمادگی سپاه برای واکنش‌های سخت و سریع". https://www.irinn.ir/fa/news/828239/آمادگی-سپاه-برای-واکنش‌های-سخت-و-سریع.
3. ↑ "ایجاد «تیپ‌های واکنش سریع» در سپاه و آموزش «رزمندگان خارجی»". https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f12-new-unit-formed-in-revolutionary-guard/27781932.html.
4. ↑ What is a MEU? 22nd MEU website

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