Improving the Agility of the NATO Response Force (NRF)

Abstract

Significant challenges impede North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Response Force (NRF) agility. NATO has not sufficiently advanced policy, doctrine, planning, task organization, unity of effort, funding, or strategic lift in order for the NRF to be operationally successful. Without significant advancements in these areas, the NRF will be limited in its ability to deploy combat formations within timelines of five to thirty days to theaters of operations located strategic distances from Europe. This paper provides a review of NATO's Cold War origins to its transition to expeditionary operations with the NRF; a review of relevant NATO policy, funding, doctrine, and the planning process that shapes NRF operations; and case analyses of NATO's past military operations both prior to and following the formation of the NRF.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA530256

Entities

People

  • Brad J. Eungard

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Airframes
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Treaties
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Research.
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.