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WELCOME TO OUR RECOGNITION OF RCB CAMPAIGN
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In a nutshell our campaign is to have the Rifle Company Butterworth (RCB)’s service recognised as warlike. The Government, despite the facts discovered since its original decision, says its non-warlike service similar to peacetime garrison duty in Australia.
We have provided evidence of a deception that has denied 9,000 Australian troops and their families certain entitlements to repatriation benefits.
In 1970 RCB was deployed to protect the RAAF assets (aircraft, facilities, servicemen and women and their families) at the Air Base Butterworth Malaysia from 1970 to 1989 at the time when Malaysia was fighting its Counter Insurgency War (1968-1989) against the resurgent communist terrorists.
RARA Open Letter to Adam Bandt – Dishonouring our Australian Flag
The RAR National Association’s President, Michael von Berg MC OAM has on behalf of our Regimental Family of current and past serving men and women and their families written an open letter to Adam Bandt in response to the Greens leader refusing to stand with the...
RARA Statement – Defence and Veteran Suicide Royal Commission
The Royal Commission has been established following an agreement by the Governor-General on 8 July 2021. The Government has now released the Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission. For more information on the Royal Commission, including the Terms of Reference and...
Update 1/2020 – News Flash
NEWS FLASH The Australian will publish a news article re our claim for RCB Service Recognition in tomorrow newspaper Friday 28th February.(1) Over the last two days we have been in discussions with their reporter Paul Maley and provided relevant material. We are not...
Opinion: RCB – Ripping Off Our Diggers – What a Low Act
This article by Peter Kelly, an RCB veteran, has been printed in The Pickering Post "If you asked any soldier, sailor or airman who is even remotely involved in warfighting if they thought about the “administrative tail” of their efforts, most wouldn’t give it a...
Opinion: ABC races to a conclusion
Exuding the moral and legal authority of the High Court, the ABC Investigations Unit has relentlessly pursued Australian special forces it has accused of war crimes in Afghanistan. It appears to have adopted a methodology known in the military as “situating the...
RCB – Right to Contest Government’s Decision
The National Media's Right to Know Campaign provides us with the opportunity to take advantage of their promotions particularly our exposure of the Government's denial to allow us the fundamental right to contest their classification of RCB service as peacetime...
Ex-Colonel Praises Critical Campaign
Australians have a right to know what their Government is doing in their name and to question politicians about their policies, and hoe it is being implemented or not implemented retired Colonel Ray Martin says. Mr Martin was involved in a push for an outreach program...
Sen. Lambie supports RCB veterans’ claim for service recognition
Following, a recent briefing by Ted Chitham on Rifle Company Butterworth (RCB) troops’ claim for recognition of its service as warlike, Jacqui Lambie has agreed to support them. Ted Chitham, Sen. Jacqui Lambie, John Cockburn Warlike service provides qualifying service...
RCB Service Recognition – Senator Anning’s Questions to Marise Payne
In the Senate Question Time yesterday, 18th September, Senator Fraser Anning (Katter’ s Australian Party) asked Sen. Marise Payne three questions on RCB Service recognition as warlike during the Malaysian Counter Insurgency War. We thank Senator Anning for his...