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NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) Deployments

This lists the various forces that have been designated as being part of NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) and shows their current location of deployment as of July 1, 2009.

To view all ARRC deployments at a glance, please refer to the ARRC situation map.

ARRC Headquarters (Rheindahlen, Germany)

British 1st Armored Division (North Rhine Westphalia, Germany)

4th Armoured Brigade (Osnabrück)
7th Armoured Brigade ('The Desert Rats) (Bergen-Hohne, Germany)

20th Armoured Brigade (Paderborn, UK)

British 3rd Infantry Division Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK

1st (Mechanised) Brigade (Tidworth, UK)

19th (Mechanised) Brigade (Catterick, UK)

5th (Airborne) Brigade (Aldershot, UK)

 

 

Multi-National Division (Mönchengladbach, Germany)

 

Para Commando Bde (BE) (Heverlee, Belgium)

31 Airborne Brigade (GE) (Oldenburg, Germany)

11 Airmanoeuvre Brigade (NL) (Arnhem, The Netherlands)

16 Air Assault Brigade (UK) (Colchester, United Kingdom)

 

German (Bundeswehr) 7th Panzer Division (Düsseldorf, Germany)*

19th Armoured Infantry Brigade (Ahlen, Germany)

21st Armoured Brigade (Augustdorf, Germany)

30th Engineer Brigade (Hilden, Germany)

7th Artillery Regiment (Dülmen, Germany)

7th Armoured Cavalry Battalion (Augustdorf, Germany)

 

* 7th Panzer Division is currently en route to Poland, Warsaw district.

 

 

US 1st Armored Division Div HQ (Bad Kreuznach, Germany)

Armoured Brigade (Friedberg, Germany)

Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Baumholder, Germany)

Div Artillery (Baumholder, Germany)

Engineer Brigade (Bad Kreuznach, Germany)

Aviation Brigade (Hanau, Germany)

 

 

3rd Italian Mechanzised Division (Milan, Italy)

Garibaldi Mechanised Brigade (Caserta, Italy)

Friuli Mechanised Brigade (Bologna, Italy)
Airborne Brigade (PO, (Tancos, Italy)

Combat Service Support Group (Solbiate Olona, Italy)

 

 

Spanish Rapid Reaction Division (Madrid, Spain)

Parachute Brigade (Alcalá De Henares, Spain)

Light Legion Brigade (Almeria, Spain)

Aeroportable Brigade (Pontevedra , Spain)

 

 

Greek 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division (Edessa, Greece)

33 Mech Inf Bde (Polikastro Kilkis, Greece)

34 Mech Inf Bde (Thessaloniki, Greece)

 

 

Turkish 1st Mechanised Division (Mamak, Turkey)

9 BDE HQ and sub units (CANCIRI, Turkey)

9 BDE's main body (KIRIKKALE, Turkey)

28 BDE sub units (CUBUK, Turkey)

 

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