The Royal Ranger Regiment (; RRD) is an infantry regiment of the Malaysian Army. Although it is second in seniority to the Royal Malay Regiment (; RAMD), the RRD can trace its origins back to the mid 19th century and the establishment of The Sarawak Rangers, the peacekeeping force in the Sarawak region. This force was absorbed by the Sarawak Constabulary in 1932, but the name was revived in 1941 as a British Colonial unit; this unit commanded by British Lieutenant Colonel C.M. Lane was captured by the Japanese in 1942. History In 1948, at the beginning of the Malayan Emergency, groups of Iban trackers were recruited to help in the defence against the Communist Party of Malaya. These Iban trackers were organised into a regimental formation as the Sarawak Rangers in 1953. Prior to 1963, they were attached as scouts to many British units serving in Malaya. One of the trackers, Awang anak Rawang was awarded the George Cross on 20 November 1951, during his attachment to the Worcestershire Regiment. In 1963, following the formation of Malaysia on 16 September of that year, the unit was transferred from the British Colonial Forces to the new Malaysian Army and expanded into a multi-battalion, multi-ethnic regiment named . This became the in 1971, before being given the 'Royal' prefix and hence known as the ('Royal Ranger Regiment') in 1992. On 28 September 2013, Royal Ranger Regiment celebrated its Golden Jubilee. Present The RRD is organised in the same way as the RAMD and currently consists of ten battalions. The 1st to 6th, and the 9th and 10th are light infantry battalions. In 1995, the 11th Rangers was dissolved due to the restructuring of the armed forces by year 2000. The 7th Ranger Battalion is a mechanised infantry battalion and is equipped with tracked ACV 300 Adnan IFVs, some of which are armed with Bushmaster 25 mm guns. The 8th Ranger Battalion (Parachute) is one of the four airborne infantry battalions of the 10th Parachute Brigade – the military element in Malaysian Rapid Deployment Force. Colonel in Chief Tuanku Syed Sirajudin Ibni Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail, the former King of Malaysia (), and the reigning Raja of Perlis, is the Colonel in Chief of the regiment. The current Chairman of the Corps is lieutenant General Dato' Mohd Zaki bin Hj Mokhtar. Customs and traditions Hackle Rejimen Renjer DiRaja is the only regiment