PJHQ - Organisation Joint Rapid Reaction Forces

The establishment of the JRRF was the most important Joint initiative in the 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR). The JRRF is a pool of highly capable units from all services that are maintained at high readiness for contingency operations.

CJO is responsible for the JRRF, although until deployed, OPCOM of the units is retained by the single-Service CINCs. Units within the JRRF are trained to Joint standards and are deployed in Joint force packages, tailored to meet the operational requirement. The pool is configured to mount operations up to medium scale warfighting and can be employed nationally or multinationally under NATO, EU, UN or other ad hoc coalition.

To command the JRRF a fully resourced Joint Task Force HQ (JTFHQ) is maintained at 48 hours notice to move. An initial JRRF capability was declared in April 1999 with the full capability being introduced in 2001.