What does REF stand for?

Rapid Equipping Force

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The Army's Rapid Equipping Force also put its emphasis on solutions "left of the boom.

MRAPs, irregular warfare, and pentagon reform

Army's Rapid Equipping Force (REF) for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles and base perimeter security installations in Afghanistan.

United States: American Technology Awarded $675,000 LRAD 300X(TM) ...

Two hybrids of the TPF process, Rapid Equipping Force (REF) and Rapid Fielding Initiative (RFI), are Army initiatives developed to bridge capability gaps outside the traditional acquisition cycle and successfully combat an adaptive enemy in wartime.

Acquisition and PBUSE: to improve accountability and accuracy ...

The Army's Rapid Equipping Force developed the Rapid Deployment Integrated Surveillance System, or RDISS, to improve situational awareness for soldiers at joint security stations and combat outposts throughout Iraq.

Army News Service (July 26, 2007): new surveillance camera minimizes ...

Bill Garland, a project manager at the Army's Rapid Equipping Force.

Military goes high-tech to stay cool

Having identified a need, CEHC coordinates with program managers, combat developers, government laboratories, the rapid equipping force (REF), JIEDDO, and others to evaluate suitable materiel systems and candidates for potential integration and rapid fielding.

CEHC support to COIN operations

Army has a similar ad hoc program, termed the Rapid Equipping Force (REF), that is being funded primarily with congressional supplementals in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A multitiered approach to army acquisition

RICHARDSON, Texas -- Crane Wireless Monitoring Solutions (WMS) announced today that they have delivered their integrated Ground Surveillance Systems to the US Army's Rapid Equipping Force (REF) for remote surveillance and force protection of troops in theater as part of a recent $3M Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract.

Crane Wireless Monitoring Solutions Ships MicroObserver Ground ...