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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

Some Pentagon planners argue that Bahrain should become the home away from home for the entire Rapid Deployment Force.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kenya gets $79.5 million a year in military and economic aid from Washington, and U.S. technicians are currently dredging Mombasa's harbor to make it a more effective base of operations for the Rapid Deployment Force.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

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