Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf joint task force
military organization
areaOfResponsibility Middle East
Persian Gulf region
linked to: Persian Gulf

Southwest Asia
linked to: Middle East
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

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U.S. Central Command predecessor Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force
Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force precededBy Rapid Deployment Force
linked to: Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force
Robert C. Kingston commanded Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force
subject linked to: General Robert Kingston