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Rapid Deployment Force

American  

noun

  1. a U.S. military organization consisting of one Marine division and four Army divisions, established in 1979 to respond quickly to any distant threat to national interests.


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Taking up station at Diego Garcia, the ships will constitute a prepositioned mobile "supply dump" should the President order any part of the new 110,000 man Rapid Deployment Force into action in the region.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rapid Deployment Force has access to bases in Ethiopia's hostile neighbor, Somalia.

From Time Magazine Archive

They will be necessary to plug the gaps that are likely to be created when the Pentagon begins drawing together the equipment required to shape up the 100,000-man Rapid Deployment Force that Carter wants.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beyond the B-l and MX, some of the major choices involve: The Rapid Deployment Force.

From Time Magazine Archive

We have created a Rapid Deployment Force which can move quickly to the Gulf—or indeed any other area of the world where outside aggression threatens.

From State of the Union Address by Carter, Jimmy