Shortly afterward, the rapid reaction forces on Mount Igman opened up on Serb weapons down below.
They will also have several protective reaction forces on standby throughout southern Iraq.
These are not states with well-trained Rapid Reaction Forces, nor the airlift or support to inject a sizeable presence into hostile territory.
Already there is a greater emphasis on better-trained rapid-reaction forces.
That puts an onus on training, military exercises, and making sure the NATO Response Force, which is meant to provide rapid-reaction forces for deployment at short notice, is up to the job.
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In reaction, other forces started up, local self-defence groups known as the Kamajors.
If not, Mr Reichstul's revolution-in-progress at Petrobras may be undone by the forces of reaction.
FDP, which is more pro-reform, to counteract the forces of reaction.
Still, Mr Fukuda has pulled off a Koizumi-like feat: with Mr Ozawa's help, he has positioned himself as a crusader against his own party's forces of reaction.
Her best bet may be to disarm rivals by giving them jobs in her cabinet and to use the FDP, which is more pro-reform, to counteract the forces of reaction.
Cleverly, Mr Schama seems to pair each of these active forces with its equal and opposite reaction.
In 1991, NATO defense ministers approved a radical shakeup of its forces in post-cold war Europe, including creation of a Rapid Reaction Force.
He has used his calm skills to tread a careful line on such controversial issues as the EU Rapid Reaction Force and British participation in National Missile Defence, as well as overseeing British forces in military action in Afghanistan.
It is also implementing a radical reform of its command structure and forces, the key to which will be the creation of a new Nato reaction force of 15-20, 000 personnel, designed to react in days rather than weeks or months to crises around the world.
After nearly a decade of declining activity, the Russian military began to exercise its forces in mission areas it believed were essential for deterrence, global reach and rapid reaction.
While in Afghanistan, the soldiers were assigned to the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) Support Battalion and served in a variety of roles including providing infantry forces, searching for Improvised Explosive Devices, and working with the Afghan Security Forces.
Jack Keane, then the Army's deputy chief of staff, told the historians of his reaction to a June 2003 decision to transfer control of all coalition troops away from the land forces command that had been preparing for the mission.
Uzbekistan doesn't mind contributing military units to the rapid-reaction force "but does not consider it necessary for the moment" to attach emergency responders, drug-control forces and other special services, organization spokesman Vitaly Strugovets told Interfax.
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