The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) is NATO’s quick deployable command centre. The ARRC is usually based in Gloucester UK, however it is currently deployed in Lielvarde, Latvia on exercise Arrcade Fusion. Commanded by Lieutenant General Tim Evans, the exercise tests the ARRC’s ability to set up a large headquarters quickly and efficiently, and also to control simulated troop formations in a fictional security or humanitarian crisis.
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1. (00:00) VARIOUS AERIAL SHOTS – TEMPORARY ALLIED RAPID REACTION CORPS (ARRC) HEADQUARTERS SET UP IN LIELVARDE, LATVIA FOR EXERCISE ARRCADE FUSION
2. (00:40) VARIOUS TIMELAPSE SHOTS – MEMBERS OF ARRC WORKING AT COMPUTERS DURING EXERCISE ARRCADE FUSION
3. (00:48) TRACKING SHOTS – ARRC MEMBER CARRIES BLUE FOLDER INTO CONTROL ROOM AND HANDS OVER TO COLLEAGUE
4. (01:05) VARIOUS CLOSE-UP SHOTS – MEMBERS OF THE ARRC WORKING AT COMPUTERS, SLEEVE BADGES AND PEOPLE TYPING ON COMPUTERS
5. (01:30) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – LIEUTENANT GENERAL TIM EVANS, ARRC COMMANDER
6. “The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps is a headquarters that can deploy anywhere when NATO wants to, around the world, at high readiness.”
7. (01:40) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – LIEUTENANT GENERAL TIM EVANS, ARRC COMMANDER
“If an incident occurs, and NATO says you’re to deploy, I’ve got people on 48 hours notice to move. And that recce team would go into theatre and facilitate that deployment. I’d then send my forward coordinating element and they will go out after five days. I’d then build that headquarters to get my initial command post, and then after 15 to 20 days I’ll have my main headquarters. And if you look around you here at Lielvarde, that’s what you see, a medium headquarters ready for operations.”
8. (02:10) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – LIEUTENANT GENERAL TIM EVANS, ARRC COMMANDER
“We have practised for many roles because if you look around the world, it’s very unstable and therefore the threat is multifaceted, so it could be anything from just humanitarian assistance right the way through to what we’ve seen before in counter-insurgency or it could be, as we call, ambiguous warfare, force on force, so that’s one of the reasons for this exercise, it’s just stretching us, understanding how we might operate in the future.”
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