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Lieutenant General TP Evans CBE DSO

CommanderAllied Rapid Reaction Corps

Tuesday 30 June 2015

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Deployable Corps - Force of LowerReadiness (FLR)

Rapid Deployable Corps - High Readiness Force (HRF)

1 GE/NL CORPSMünster, DEU

MNC NESzczecin, POL

ARRCInnsworth, GBR

RRC-FRLille, FRA

EUROCORPSStrasbourg, FRA

NRDC-SPValencia, ESP

NRDC-ITMilan, ITA

NDC-GRThessaloniki, GRC

NRDC-TUIstanbul, TUR

NATO Force Structure

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ALLIED COMMAND TRANSFORMATION

Norfolk, Virginia

AJHQ Naples, ITA

LANDCOM HQ, Izmir, TUR

AIRCOM HQ, Ramstein, DEU

MARCOM HQ, Northwood, GBR

ALLIED COMMAND OPERATIONS

(ACO)Mons, BEL

AJHQ Brunssum, NLD

NATO Command Structure

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HQ ARRC, as a High Readiness Force (Land) HQ, is to train at readiness to deploy on NATO, European Union, coalition or national orders to undertake Combined and Joint operations:

– As a Corps HQ– As a Land Component Command HQ – As a Theatre-level Joint Task Force HQ– Or to reinforce current operations with selected capabilities

In order to support crisis management options or the sustainment of current operations

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JTF HQ

Maritime Land Air Special

Forces

Jt Task Force HQ

SHAPE Jt Force Command

Diasporas HNSF

IOs

NGOs

UN Media

MN

OGDs

EU

National Capitals

PMCs

HN Govt

Contemporary Operating Environment

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• 1992 to 2002: Only NATO 3* HQ @R• 1995: Bosnia – Corps HQ (Peace Support)• 1999: Kosovo – Land Component Comd HQ (Peace Support)• 2006: Afghanistan – Theatre Joint Task Force HQ (Counter-Insurgency)• 2009: NRF (@R)• 2011: Afghanistan – Corps HQ (Counter-Insurgency)• 2013: NRF (@R)• 2015: Joint Task Force HQ (@R)

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GBR

CAN

TUR

LTUFRA

NOR

LVACZE BEL

DNK

USA

ITA

DEU

UF NLD PRT GRC

One of the most Multi-National High Readiness Force (Land) HQs (40%)

EST

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Army

Air

Maritime

SOF

Civilian

18/4518/45 6/296/29 3/113/11

379/626379/626

25/7525/75

Peace Establishment: 431 Essential Augmentee Nucleus: Up to 355 Crisis Establishment: Up to 786

Peace Establishment: 431 Essential Augmentee Nucleus: Up to 355 Crisis Establishment: Up to 786

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GBR

NLD DNK

NOR

EST LTU LVA

Numbers:UK = 279Other JEF nations = 25Total = 304

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304 PAX279 UK 25 JEF

431 PAX279 UK

152 NATO

289 PAX279 UK10 FRA

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• Responsive, capable, credible• Based on a Lead “fighting” Brigade• Flexibility over Command and Control• Higher state of readiness• Full Operating Capability in 2016 • UK Framework Nation in 2017:

Stand Up45 days

Stand down30 days

Stand by5 days

Readiness profile

GBR NLD DNK NOR EST LTU LVA

JEF nations HQ ARRC nations

US HRV POL SVKROMESP

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Amphibious Threat

Ex IRON SWORD:

- Demonstration- Reassurance

Initial Follow on Forces Group

Airborne/ Air Asaault Threat

Deployment route

KlaIpeda

VHR Joint Task Force

16X

1BCT 4ID

173 4ID

4ID

Initial Follow on Forces Group

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