NSCnews Online June 2017 | Page 15

The FUTURE is F CLEAR INALLY, members of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment, can clearly see the way forward. And the way forward is not with the 3rd Brigade. The Battalion is now a highly-specialised unit which, from October 15, will be part of the Amphibious Task Group in 1st Division. It will be the unit that delivers the most technical and complicated tasks in amphibious operations - the pre-landing force expertise for the Amphibious Task Group. “That’s basically everything that needs to be done to enable the ground combat element to come ashore and do its task,” LTCOL Pashley said. The new-look 2RAR would include reconnaissance, snipers, surveillance, heavy weapons, security forces and the small boats platoon. Amphibious Exercises at Cowley Beach J JUNE JU U N NE E 2017 2 0 01 1 7 | 15 1 5