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Rifle Company Butterworth
Rifle Company Butterworth is an Australian Army infantry company based at RMAF Base Butterworth in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.[1] Rifle Company Butterworth was established in 1970 to provide a protective and quick-reaction force for RAAF Base Butterworth during a resurgence of the Communist insurgency in Malaysia.[2] While RAAF Base Butterworth was handed to the Royal Malaysian Air Force in 1988 and the insurgency officially ended in 1989, Rifle Company Butterworth has been maintained as a means of providing Australian soldiers with training in jungle warfare and cross-training with the Malaysian Army.[3][4] The company is staffed on a rotational basis, with both Regular and Reserve personnel being deployed quarterly.[5][6]
- ^ "Australian Defence Force says military exercises in South China Sea region not aimed at Beijing" ABC News. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
- ^ Horner 2008, p. 256.
- ^ "Castlemaine soldier training and translating with army in Malaysia" Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
- ^ "Five Powers join hands for Bersama Lima" Australian Defence Magazine. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
- ^ Horner 2008, p. 340.
- ^ "Reservists ready for the frontline" Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 2017-03-23
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