2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

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2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Badge of the Royal Australian Regiment
Active	1945 - 15 August 1973, 1 February 1995 - Present
Country	Australia
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Light Infantry
Part of	Australian 3rd Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Lavarack Barracks, Townsville, Queensland
Nickname	Men in Black
Motto	Second to none/Second to no Bastard
March	Ringo (Band) Back in Black (Pipes and Drums)
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	HM The Queen (Australian Infantry Corps)
Insignia
Unit Colour Patch
Tartan	Australian (pipes and drums)

2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) is an Australian light infantry battalion. 2 RAR was first formed as the Australian 66th Battalion in 1945 and is currently based at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville where it forms part of the Australian 3rd Brigade.

2 RAR has seen active service during the Korean War, Malayan Emergency, Indonesian Confrontation and Vietnam War. In addition, the Battalion has participated in peacekeeping operations in Japan, East Timor and the Solomon Islands and has contributed rifle companies to the security force protecting the Australian embassy in Baghdad following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. In May 2006 2 RAR's headquarters, support company and a rifle company deployed to Iraq as part of the third rotation of the Al Muthanna Task Group.