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Rifle Company Butterworth is an Australian Army infantry company based at RMAF Base Butterworth in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia."Australian Defence Force says military exercises in South China Sea region not aimed at Beijing" ABC News. Retrieved 2017-03-23. 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.Horner 2008, p. 256. 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."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. The company is staffed on a rotational basis, with both Regular and Reserve personnel being deployed quarterly.Horner 2008, p. 340."Reservists ready for the frontline" Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 2017-03-23
See also Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989) Communist insurgency in Sarawak Malayan Emergency (1948–1960) Operation Gateway
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