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3rd Separate Special Purpose Regiment (Ukraine)
The 3rd Separate Special Purpose Regiment or Separate Special Operations Center "East" (''Knyaz Svyatoslav Khorobryi'' OC SpO East) (Ukrainian: Окремий центр спеціальних операцій «Схід» імені князя Святослава Хороброго) is a formation of special forces as part of the Special Operations Forces (Ukraine), Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was subordinate to the 4th Special Intelligence Service of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The unit is quartered in Kropyvnytskyi. It is part of the Joint Rapid Reaction Forces. The regiment was formed on the basis of the 10th Separate Brigade of Special Purpose of the GRU (Soviet Union), Main Reconnaissance Directorate (GRU) of the Soviet Armed Forces. The regiment participated in the War in Donbas (2014–2022), war in Donbas. Since 2018, the regiment has been named after Sviatoslav I, Prince Svyatoslav the Brave, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joint Rapid Reaction Force
The Joint Rapid Reaction Force (JRRF) was a capability concept of the British Armed Forces from 1999 to 2010. It was a pool of specialised units from all three armed services tasked with Rapid deployment force, rapid deployment worldwide at short notice. The force was intended to be capable of mounting operations up to medium scale warfighting. It could be employed nationally, or multinationally under the auspices of NATO, the United Nations or any other coalition#Military, coalition. The JRRF was an initiative in the 1998 Strategic Defence Review (1998), Strategic Defence Review. An initial rapid reaction capability was declared in April 1999 and was fully operational in 2001. It was originally intended that JRRF would be able to mount up to two simultaneous operations of up to 15,000 personnel each. A major military exercise called Saif Sareea II was held in Oman in September 2001 to test the deployment of the JRRF. In the event of the JRRF being activated, the force commander w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |