Central Readiness Force (historical)

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The Central Readiness Force was a specialized, rapidly deployable command within Japan’s Self-Defense Forces responsible for coordinating elite units for disaster relief, peacekeeping, and other urgent missions at home and abroad.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical military unit
joint command
military formation
abbreviation CRF
commanderRank Lieutenant General
country Japan
dateDissolved 2018-03-26
dateFormed 2007-03-28
followedBy Ground Component Command
garrison Camp Zama
Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture
headquarters Camp Zama
jurisdiction Japan
language Japanese
location Kanagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
mission coordination of joint operations among specialized units
participation in international humanitarian relief
rapid response to large-scale disasters in Japan
support for United Nations peacekeeping operations
nativeName 中央即応集団
notableOperation Iraq reconstruction support mission
Japan earthquake and tsunami disaster relief operations
United Nations peace operations
surface form: UN peacekeeping operations in South Sudan
parentOrganization Japan Ministry of Defense
surface form: Ministry of Defense (Japan)
partOf Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Japan Self-Defense Forces
precededBy Central Readiness Force (historical) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central Readiness Group
role civil protection operations
coordination of elite units
counter-terrorism support
disaster relief operations
international peacekeeping operations
overseas dispatch operations
rapid deployment
scopeOfOperations domestic
international
status disbanded
subordinateUnit 1st Airborne Brigade
Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit
Central Readiness Force Band
Central Readiness Regiment
International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit
Special Forces Group
successor Ground Component Command
type joint task force headquarters
rapid reaction force

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Japan Self-Defense Forces component Central Readiness Force (historical)
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force component Central Readiness Force (historical)
this entity surface form: Central Readiness Force
Central Readiness Force (historical) precededBy Central Readiness Force (historical) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Central Readiness Force
this entity surface form: Central Readiness Group