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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Example Sentences

He accepted Reagan's strategic-consensus plans and allowed the U.S. to expand the Egyptian airbase at Ras Banas on the Red Sea for possible use by the Rapid Deployment Force.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rapid Deployment Force, designed for quick action in Middle East conflicts.

From Time Magazine Archive

For two years after the Rapid Deployment Force was created, the official Arabic translation of the name could have been understood to mean "rapid intervention force."

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

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