Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Wooddisse is the Commander of the NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in Gloucester, United Kingdom. Lieutenant General Wooddisse was commissioned into the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1992 after completing a degree at University College London.

The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) is a rapid reaction force maintained by NATO. It is capable of deploying a High Readiness Force (Land) Headquarters at short notice for operations and crisis response. The ARRC was created on 1 October 1992 in Bielefeld based on the former I (British) Corps (I (BR) Corps). [2] .

As a High Readiness (Land) Force, HQ ARRC is ready to deploy under NATO, EU, coalition or a national force to undertake Combined and Joint operations across the operational spectrum. Under its leading NATO role within UK Defence, ARRC operates as a 3-Star headquarters, in Gloucestershire, with over 400 permanent staff.

What is the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC)? In 2017, Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) celebrates 25 years as a key asset of the NATO Alliance and UK Defence. The ARRC enjoys a proud and successful history that can be traced back 200 years back to Wellington’s 1 Corps at Waterloo.

Imjin Barracks is a British Army installation situated near Innsworth in Gloucestershire, that is home to the headquarters of NATO 's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC). Imjin Barracks is located at the site of the former RAF Innsworth, which was a non-flying Royal Air Force station between 1940 and 2008. Imjin Barracks (shaded) within Innsworth.

1st Signal Brigade is under the operational command of Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. The Brigade provides Force Elements at readiness to the ARRC, Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ), the Joint Helicopter Force and Other Government Departments.

2022年6月22日 · The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) – originally based in Rheindalen, Germany, but now in Innsworth, United Kingdom – was the first such corps, created in 1992. Following a review of NATO force structures, four more High Readiness Force Headquarters were established in 2002 and three others were established in 2005 and 2006, reaching a ...

Today, the ARRC is the UK’s largest deployable Land HQ. It remains the UK’s contribution to NATO’s HRF (L) structure and is unique amongst all other HRF (L)s by falling under the direct...

2018年3月1日 · To generate the balance between weight and speed a 'rapid reaction corps' was proposed by the British. From the start it adopted a multinational flavour that would allow expertise and relevance to...

The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps remains ready to exercise command and control of military forces in a crisis or war to meet UK, EU, coalition or NATO Alliance requirements.