The NATO Response Force (NRF) is a high-readiness force comprising land, air, sea and special forces units capable of being deployed quickly.[1] As of February 2022, units assigned to the NRF have been used on five occasions.
Rotating forces through the NRF requires nations to meet the demanding standards needed for collective defence and expeditionary operations. As the standards are very high, participation in the NRF is preceded by a six-month NATO exercise program in order to integrate and standardize the various national contingents. Generally, nations carry out a pre-training period in preparation for the NATO exercises of between 6–18 months. Once activated, Reconnaissance Teams deploy within 5 days. This is the first of a number of deployment phases that lead to the deployment of the entire HQ Joint Task Force and Immediate Reaction Forces within 30 days.
The NRF includes units from several countries that do not belong to NATO: non-member partners, Finland, which first contributed forces in 2008[2]; Sweden, 2013[3]; Ukraine, 2014[4]; and Georgia, 2015.[5]
The most interesting part to me was the list of nation participants. Not all NATO. Not sure if its a current list.
Interesting indeed...
“The NRF includes units from several countries that do not belong to NATO: non-member partners, Finland, which first contributed forces in 2008 Sweden, 2013; Ukraine, 2014; and Georgia, 2015.”
I’d have to hunt to find the links - saw some stuff B4 all this broke that Finland was (paraphrasal) “re-evaluating the security situation” and moving closer to requesting NATO membership.
I’m guessing they know the Russians VERY well...