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Malaysian Army Hackles

Copy paste from Malaysia Military Times The hackle is a clipped feather plume that is attached to a military headdress or beret. The tradition of wearing a hackle was introduced by the British military during the establishment of the Malaysian Ranger Corps in 1963 where, at the beginning, it was…

Mengingati Kanang anak Langkau

Hari ini untuk pengetahuan semua, genaplah 11 tahun pemergian seorang pegawai tentera kita yang dianggap antara anak watan PALING BERANI DAN LUAR BIASA kesungguhannya dalam mempertahankan negara kita yang tercinta – Mendiang Temenggong Datuk Kanang anak Langkau. Tiada dalam sejarah Malaysia, melainkan seorang perajurit seperti Kanang, dianugerahkan DUA pingat keberanian…

The Ones That Didn’t Get Away. Episode No, 1. Operation Jelaku 3, Nonok (Now Asajaya) Sarawak.

Source: Facebook Hj Robert Rizal Abdullah 6 April 2021 BACKGROUND The year was 1973. The State was Sarawak. The situation in Sarawak was that it was still battling the Communist insurgency which had started in 1970, almost at the same time that Chin Peng had begun his second phase of…

A soldier’s love story

Source: News Straits Times By Raymond Goh – December 31, 2023 @ 1:21pm IN the crisp September air of 1973, after presiding over the Sultan of Perak’s birthday parade at the Malay College grounds in Kuala Kangsar, life took an unexpected turn. An army signal (telegram) from the Defence Ministry…

We Were Young Then…

Source: Facebook Hj Robert Rizal Abdullah This must be around 1970. Yours Truly is on extreme right. I was a Second Lieutenant, so were the rest except for Lt Razaki Darus. I must be about 20 years old then. Some were either a year older or younger. But what we…

Commando 33

3RD BATTALION MALAYSIA RANGERS ITS GLORIOUS YEARS 1965 – 1989 Dubbed as “Commando 33” by members of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), 3rd Battalion, Malaysia Ranger was the top fighting echelon of the Malaysian Army in the 70s when the CPM launched its second phase of the insurgency and…

16 officers and men were killed

Today on 18 December in 1989, 16 officers and men were killed when the Nuri Helicopter they were in crash-landed onto the river bank of Sungai Lundu, near Kg Kuala Bandang, Sarawak. Amongst the 16 killed were: 1. Mej Jen Dato’ Mustaffa bin Awang, (51; RAMD), GOC 1st Infantry Division,…

Selagi hayat, selagi itulah berjuang

Sumber: Berita Harian LAUNGAN `Agi Idup Agi Ngelaban’ yang bermaksud ‘selagi hayat, selagi itulah berjuang’ yang menjadi pencetus pembentukannya 161 tahun dahulu terus menjadi pembakar semangat anggota Rejimen Renjer Diraja (RRD) untuk berjuang mempertahankan kedaulatan negara Malaysia yang dibina hasil gabungan tiga wilayah pada 1963. Agi Idup Agi Ngelaban’ asalnya…

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Malaysian Army Hackles

Mengingati Kanang anak Langkau

The Ones That Didn’t Get Away. Episode No, 1. Operation Jelaku 3, Nonok (Now Asajaya) Sarawak.

A soldier’s love story

We Were Young Then…

Commando 33

16 officers and men were killed

Selagi hayat, selagi itulah berjuang

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