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

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