Rapid reaction force

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Saitama Prefectural Police Riot And Tactics Squad (RATS) officers on the side of a police helicopter. Riot Police Units such as RATS are the rapid reaction forces of Japanese prefectural police.

A rapid reaction force / rapid response force (RRF), quick reaction force / quick response force (QRF), immediate reaction force (IRF), rapid deployment force (RDF), or quick maneuver force (QMF) is a military or law enforcement unit capable of responding to emergencies in a very short time frame.

Types

Quick reaction force

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A United States Army quick reaction force staging area at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, in 2005

A quick reaction force (QRF) is an armed military unit capable of rapidly responding to developing situations, usually to assist allied units in need of assistance. They are equipped to respond to any type of emergency within a short time frame, often only a few minutes, based on unit standard operating procedures (SOPs).[1] Cavalry units are frequently postured as QRFs, with a main mission of security and reconnaissance.[2][3] A quick reaction force belongs directly to the commander of the unit it is created from and is typically held in the reserve.[4]

Rapid deployment force

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List

Rapid reaction force

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82nd Airborne Division paratroopers boarding a transport aircraft

Rapid deployment force

See also

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