Very High Readiness Joint Task Force

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The Very High Readiness Joint Task Force is NATO’s rapidly deployable spearhead unit designed to respond within days to emerging crises, particularly on the alliance’s eastern flank.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NATO rapid reaction force
military formation
alliance NATO
approvedBy NATO Wales Summit 2014 decisions NERFINISHED
canBeActivatedBy North Atlantic Council NERFINISHED
composedOf air forces
land forces
maritime forces
special operations forces
controlledBy Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum NERFINISHED
country North Atlantic Treaty Organization NERFINISHED
createdAsResponseTo Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014
deploymentMode forward deployment to threatened Allies
doctrine NATO Readiness Action Plan NERFINISHED
feature high readiness
multinational
rotational framework nation leadership
spearhead force
frameworkNation France NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
Italy NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED
Turkey NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
hasCapability collective defence under Article 5
non-Article 5 crisis response
hasRole collective defence
crisis response
deterrence
rapid deployment
reinforcement of NATO’s eastern flank
inception 2015
includes enablers and support units
language English
operationalArea NATO territory
NATO’s eastern flank NERFINISHED
partOf NATO Response Force NERFINISHED
primaryMission respond within days to emerging crises
readinessLevel very high
responseTime a few days
shortName VJTF NERFINISHED
status active
subordinateTo Supreme Allied Commander Europe NERFINISHED
training regular multinational exercises
typicalSize about 5,000 troops in core land element
brigade-sized land component

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NATO Response Force hasPart Very High Readiness Joint Task Force
NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy certifiedAs Very High Readiness Joint Task Force
this entity surface form: High Readiness Force (Land)
NATO land forces hasPart Very High Readiness Joint Task Force
this entity surface form: Very High Readiness Joint Task Force land component