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.

Aliases (1)

Rapid Deployment Force ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	joint task force → military organization →
areaOfResponsibility	Middle East → Persian Gulf region → Southwest Asia →
basedOn	Rapid Deployment Force concept →
commandStructure	unified but not regional combatant command →
conflict	Cold War →
country	United States →
createdUnder	Carter administration →
dissolved	1983 →
doctrine	power projection →
focus	oil supply security in the Persian Gulf →
foundedBy	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 →
notableCommander	General Robert Kingston → Lieutenant General Paul X. Kelley →
operator	United States Department of Defense →
partOf	United States Armed Forces → United States military →
precededBy	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 → United States Central Command →
replacedBy	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 (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force ("Rapid Deployment Force") →	precededBy
U.S. Central Command →	predecessor