Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force

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joint task force military organization

The Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force was a U.S. military organization created in the late 1970s to provide a quickly deployable, multi-service force for crises in the Middle East and Southwest Asia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force canonical	2
Rapid Deployment Force	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	joint task force ⓘ military organization ⓘ
areaOfResponsibility	Middle East ⓘ Persian Gulf ⓘ surface form: Persian Gulf region Middle East ⓘ surface form: Southwest Asia
basedOn	Rapid Deployment Force concept ⓘ
commandStructure	unified but not regional combatant command ⓘ
conflict	Cold War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdUnder	Carter administration ⓘ
dissolved	1983 ⓘ
doctrine	power projection ⓘ
focus	oil supply security in the Persian Gulf ⓘ
foundedBy	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
garrison	MacDill Air Force Base ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	expeditionary ⓘ joint ⓘ multi-service ⓘ rapidly deployable ⓘ
hasPart	United States Air Force ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
headquartersLocation	MacDill Air Force Base ⓘ Tampa, Florida ⓘ
inception	1980 ⓘ
location	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
notableCommander	General Robert Kingston ⓘ Lieutenant General Paul X. Kelley ⓘ
operator	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
partOf	United States Armed Forces ⓘ United States Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United States military
precededBy	Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rapid Deployment Force
purpose	protection of Western interests in the Persian Gulf region ⓘ rapid deployment of U.S. forces to crises in the Middle East and Southwest Asia ⓘ
reasonForCreation	need for quickly deployable U.S. forces outside NATO area ⓘ perceived Soviet threat to the Persian Gulf ⓘ
relatedTo	Carter Doctrine ⓘ Persian Gulf security ⓘ U.S. Central Command ⓘ surface form: United States Central Command
replacedBy	U.S. Central Command ⓘ surface form: United States Central Command
scope	out-of-area operations ⓘ
subordinateTo	Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
timePeriod	early 1980s ⓘ late 1970s ⓘ
type	contingency response force ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Central Command → predecessor → Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force ⓘ

Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force → precededBy → Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rapid Deployment Force

General Robert Kingston → commanded → Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert C. Kingston