rapid deployment force
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The British Army has also long used Cyprus as a base for its "spearhead battalion", a rapid deployment force available for contingencies in the Middle East.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025
The Army had made a decision to send a unit of the 82nd Airborne’s rapid deployment force, about 200 troops, home from the capital region.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2020
The Special Forces are not a rapid deployment force; the secret of their success is intensive preparation.
From Time • Apr. 6, 2015
Shortly before he left the military to run for president this year, he inaugurated an elite rapid deployment force and later cryptically said that the Gulf region was “only a short distance away” from Egypt.
From Washington Times • Nov. 3, 2014
The EU responded by feebly attempting to counter this worrisome imbalance of influence with a Common Foreign and Security Policy and a rapid deployment force.
From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Vaknin, Samuel
