Shortly afterward, the rapid reaction forces on Mount Igman opened up on Serb weapons down below.
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".
After all, he said, the international coalition is supposed to leave after its operation in Afghanistan is completed, whereas Russian forces in Kant which are part of the rapid-reaction forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States' Collective Security Treaty, which includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan and Tajikistan will be stationed in Kirgizstan on a permanent basis.
About 120 members of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, based in Gloucester, have taken part in a parade.
It was announced in June last year that the UK would send its HQ group from the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in 2006.
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.
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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Uzbekistan doesn't mind contributing military units to the rapid-reaction force "but does not consider it necessary for the moment" to attach emergency responders, drug-control forces and other special services, organization spokesman Vitaly Strugovets told Interfax.
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 base houses 2, 000 soldiers of the Headquarters of the Nato Allied Rapid Reaction Corps for part of the year.
Marathon runner Mike Tebulo and 400m runner Ambene Simukonda joined in the annual Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) fitness test at Imjin Barracks.
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.
One option being discussed is an over-the-horizon British rapid reaction force based at sea.
European leaders are set to take a vital step towards the creation of a Rapid Reaction Force of up to 60, 000 personnel.
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.
Visit the crisis, he says, brandishing his little rapid-reaction force, before the crisis visits you.
The Contingency Force was a rapid reaction capability maintained to deal with lesser contingencies.
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.
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.
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.
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That puts an onus on training, military exercises, and making sure the NATO Response Force, which is meant to provide rapid-reaction forces for deployment at short notice, is up to the job.
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They should be withdrawn, said Mr Murtha, leaving a rapid-reaction force in the region.
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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These are not states with well-trained Rapid Reaction Forces, nor the airlift or support to inject a sizeable presence into hostile territory.
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.
In theory, such flare-ups should offer the European Union a chance to show some military mettle for all its talk of having a rapid-reaction force of its own, but in practice the Macedonian crisis comes when Europeans are still wholly unready for reaction.
When the team reported they were in trouble, a rapid reaction team came in and got them out, officials said.
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