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• radio net; net [e.g. medevac net, unit net, battalion net, company net, ops net, PKO net]

• railhead [point on a railway where loads are transferred between trains and other means of transport]

• rapid deployment force; RDF [described as short-notice contingency forces, RDFs can be formed both unilaterally and with partners, and be deployed in situations where their military organization, training, and equipment, such as transport and communications, enable them to cope with a totally civil situation; their activities range from disaster relief (earthquakes, floods etc), to humanitarian relief (famines), to operations to maintain the peace by separating warring sides, to actual warfare; RDF is the generic term, whereas rapid reaction force is the name given to various specific formations] see also: rapid reaction force; rapid action force

• rapid reaction force; RRF [name of various specific formations: one set up by NATO, another created to support UNPROFOR, another proposed under UNSAS; the generic term used for this type of formations is "rapid deployment force"] see also: vanguard groups concept; United Nations rapid deployment brigade

• reconnaissance; RECCE [1. the collection of visual, photographic, infrared or electronic information about enemy forces or terrain; 2. the employment of probing forces (involving combat) to induce the enemy to reveal his dispositions or weapon locations] see also: surveillance; scouting

• recovery [process of extricating a vehicle or equipment casualty from the place where it has become disabled or defective and moving it to the first place where repairs can be effected or from which it can be backloaded or evacuated] see also: wrecker; evacuation point

• redeployment phase [logistics; fifth and final phase in a peace-keeping operation, during which the mission is phased out; includes stores drawdown, out-survey procedures and transportation planning]

• relief in place [operation in which all or part of a unit is replaced by an incoming unit, and its responsibilities are transferred to the incoming unit] [e.g. of US-led Multinational Force units in Haiti, by UN forces on March 31, 1995]

• remotely piloted vehicle; RPV; unmanned aerial vehicle; UAV [a RPV is controlled and directed from afar during its mission, whereas an unmanned aerial vehicle is preprogrammed for a mission and executes it without further intervention] see also: unmanned aerial vehicle

• requisition [originate at the service and supply points of the PK force, to replenish stocks and obtain new items required by contingents]

• restricted area; RA [area under military jurisdiction in which special security measures are employed to prevent unauthorized entry]

• restricted-weapons zone; RWZ [zone within which no heavy military equipement is allowed] see also: area of limitation of armaments; arms limitation agreement; security zone; weapon collection point

• resupplying [ The act of replenishing stocks in order to maintain required levels of supply. ] see: replenishment

• return to duty; RTD [medical support; patient reporting]

• revetment; earth mound [1. a protective wall (dirt, sandbags, etc.) for gun emplacements and other equipment or personnel; 2. any earthwork that affords protection against explosive (tank dikes fuel tanks and ammo dumps); 3. on an airfield, pad where combat aircraft are parked (outside of HAS), surrounded by concrete blast-walls or screens, or by earth mounds, as a protection against bomb blast] see also: blast-wall

• rifle company [an infantry battalion usually has three rifle companies and one heavy weapons company; a rifle company consists of about 130 all ranks, to perform patrolling, manning of observation posts and checkpoints, etc.; comprises 3 rifle platoons, a mortar section] see also: light infantry battalion

• road capacity [the maximum traffic flow possible on a given roadway, using all available lanes, expressed in vehicles per hour or vehicles per day] see also: route capacity; route classification

• rocket; [ A self- propelled vehicle whose trajectory or course, while in flight can not be controlled. ]

• roll on roll off loading system; RORO

• route capacity [1. the maximum traffic flow of vehicles in one direction at the most restricted point on the route; 2. the maximum number of metric tons that can be moved in one direction over a particular route in one hour; it is the product of the maximum traffic flow and the average payload of the vehicles using the route] see also: road capacity; route classification

• route classification [classification assigned to a route using factors of minimum width, worst route type, least bridge, raft or culvert military load classification and obstructions to traffic flow; NATO]

• rules of engagement; ROE [Directives issued by DPKO that specify the way how units in PKO's have to act with hostile parties and the population. ]

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