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By 1980, the United States formed the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) as a rapid reaction force under the U.S. Readiness Command. Composed of contingently assigned units from the United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Navy, and United States Marine Corps, its mandate was to rapidly deploy to confront worldwide threats to American interests.
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.
A major military exercise called Saif Sareea II was held in Oman in September 2001 to test the deployment of the JRRF. [2] In the event of the JRRF being activated, the force commander was the Chief of the Joint Rapid Reaction Force (CJRRFO) who was responsible to the Chief of Joint Operations (CJO) at the Permanent Joint Headquarters at ...
An aircraft identified as enemy, in accordance with theater ID criteria. The term does not necessarily imply direction or authority to engage. Banzai Information/directive to execute launch and decide tactics. Base (number) Reference number used to indicate such information as headings, altitude, and fuels. Bassett Rocket-thrown ASW torpedo ...
For military purposes, the U.S. Army categorizes snow as light, moderate, or heavy. Each classification affects visibility and ground movement due to accumulation and is quoted below: [45] Light snow – Visibility is equal to or greater than 5 ⁄ 8 mile (1,000 m) in falling snow. A trace to one inch (2.5 cm) per hour accumulates.
At the Army base in Columbia, South Carolina, where about half of new U.S. soldiers train for combat, basic training would be unrecognizable to a soldier of a different era.
For handgun cartridges, with heavy bullets and light powder charges (a 9×19mm, for example, might use 5 grains (320 mg) of powder, and a 115 grains (7.5 g) bullet), the powder recoil is not a significant force; for a rifle cartridge (a .22-250 Remington, using 40 grains (2.6 g) of powder and a 40 grains (2.6 g) bullet), the powder can be the ...
Overview of U.S. military satellite systems for meteorology; Col. Tamzy J. House et al. (1996) Weather as a Force Multiplier:Owning the Weather in 2025, accessed August 2, 2006; Historical bibliography at ibiblio.org; Army Regulation 115–10 Weather Support for the U.S. Army (PDF). Washington, DC: Departments of the Army, and the Air Force. 6 ...