Shortly afterward, the rapid reaction forces on Mount Igman opened up on Serb weapons down below.
The Contingency Force was a rapid reaction capability maintained to deal with lesser contingencies.
One option being discussed is an over-the-horizon British rapid reaction force based at sea.
About 120 members of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, based in Gloucester, have taken part in a parade.
We are also setting up Rapid Reaction Teams that will help protect NATO's own networks in the event of attacks.
In 2010, the base was renamed Imjin Barracks and it became the home of Nato's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC).
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The base houses 2, 000 soldiers of the Headquarters of the Nato Allied Rapid Reaction Corps for part of the year.
When the team reported they were in trouble, a rapid reaction team came in and got them out, officials said.
Then Joulwan takes a 40 minute plane ride to Germany for a visit to NATO's Ace Rapid Reaction Corps headquarters.
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They must have been pleased at the rapid reaction, with India's embassy in Washington slapping down Mr Hagel's comments as "contrary to the reality".
These are not states with well-trained Rapid Reaction Forces, nor the airlift or support to inject a sizeable presence into hostile territory.
European leaders are set to take a vital step towards the creation of a Rapid Reaction Force of up to 60, 000 personnel.
It was announced in June last year that the UK would send its HQ group from the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in 2006.
But Mr Hague claimed that Mr Blair had been rocked by the strength of opposition to plans for a European rapid reaction force.
Marathon runner Mike Tebulo and 400m runner Ambene Simukonda joined in the annual Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) fitness test at Imjin Barracks.
In 1991, NATO defense ministers approved a radical shakeup of its forces in post-cold war Europe, including creation of a Rapid Reaction Force.
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- NATO foreign ministers are meeting to discuss for the first time the implications of the European Union's planned Rapid Reaction Force.
The RFTG was created under the 2010 defence review and is a rapid reaction force which deals with unexpected world events that require military intervention.
The European Rapid Reaction force will have to become a powerful reality - not because of misplaced continental ambitions, or somehow to spite Nato, but to fill a dangerous void.
In 1995, defense ministers from NATO and European Union countries agreed to set up a "rapid reaction force" to protect embattled U.N. peacekeeping troops from Bosnian Serb aggression.
Led by French chauvinists and Brussels bureaucrats, they now espouse a military alliance without the United States, called the European Rapid Reaction Force ERRF, barkingly pronounced erf!
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The 2, 600 troops, part of the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Force (AARC) headquartered in Rheindahlen, Germany, could be ready to take up position as early as Sunday.
Many EU leaders object to America's planned National Missile Defence project and the U.S. has made clear its worries that the EU's new rapid reaction force could undermine NATO.
After nearly a decade of declining activity, the Russian military began to exercise its forces in mission areas it believed were essential for deterrence, global reach and rapid reaction.
The strategic rationale for swift-moving expeditionary forces, be they Army or Marines, airborne infantry or special operations, is self-evident given the likelihood of counterterrorism, rapid reaction, disaster response, or stability or security force assistance missions.
The Bush Administration faces a critical, delicatechallenge in Europe, particularly regarding France: the European Union's move to create a European rapid reaction force, a military entity made up of troops and equipment from various European nations.
After his meeting with Jospin, Schroeder was expected to chair a meeting of the Franco-German defence and security council, charged with laying the groundwork for a European rapid reaction force of 60, 000 troops, envisioned by 2003.
He has used his calm skills to tread a careful line on such controversial issues as the EU Rapid Reaction Force and British participation in National Missile Defence, as well as overseeing British forces in military action in Afghanistan.
While in Afghanistan, the soldiers were assigned to the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) Support Battalion and served in a variety of roles including providing infantry forces, searching for Improvised Explosive Devices, and working with the Afghan Security Forces.
The problems are compounded by Turkey, which, fearing it will be shut out of decision-making by the EU, is blocking a framework statement on NATO's readiness to permit the future European Rapid Reaction Force to use alliance resources for crisis-management when NATO is not involved.
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