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The organization took its first action in 1994 in Liwa, West Lampung in response to an earthquake.It was renamed Aksi Cepat Tanggap Foundation on 21 April 2005. [1]Aside from emergency response activities, ACT also expanded its activities to post-disaster recovery programs, community empowerment and development, as well as spiritual-based programs such as qurban, zakat, and waqf.
A rapid deployment force (RDF) is a military formation that is capable of fast deployment outside their country's borders. They typically consist of well-trained military units (special forces, paratroopers, marines, etc.) that can be deployed fairly quickly or on short notice, usually from other major assets and without requiring a large organized support force immediately.
The Unit Tindakan Cepat in Malay (Quick Action Unit in English) are the special response units of the Royal Malaysia Police. Based at all police contingent headquarters in Malaysia , UTC are full-time units whose members do not perform any other duties, and are essentially the equivalent of American SWAT teams.
The Trup Tindakan Cepat (English: Rapid Action Troops), or TTC, is an elite counter terrorism unit within the Malaysian Prison Department.. Formed on 3 October 2005, TTC Force is a highly trained elite force that is deployed for various high risk and special operations, such as responding to incidents, riots, cell extractions, mass searches, or disturbances in prisons, possibly involving ...
The Kopasgat (Indonesian: Komando Pasukan Gerak Cepat, Quick Reaction Forces Command [1]) is the air force infantry and special forces corps of the Indonesian Air Force.The corps is also known as the Orange Berets (Baret Jingga in Indonesian) from the colour of their service headgear.
This course, known as Kursus Asas Pasukan Aturgerak Cepat or Kursus APAC in Malay, is conducted at Perkampungan Gempita Para ('Airborne Combat Village'), Terendak Camp in Malacca. The primary objective is to mentally and physically train paratroopers to achieve elite status, foster esprit de corps , and emphasise the 'Buddy System'.
The Malaysian Rapid Deployment Force (Abbr.: RDF; Malay: Pasukan Aturgerak Cepat — PAC) is a rapid reaction force that to can be quickly deployed during an emergency (wartime or peacetime) usually via air or light land transport. Malaysia RDF has military and non-military components.
The US Department of Defense defines direct action as "short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments and which employ specialized military capabilities to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets."