4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

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4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Badge of the Royal Australian Regiment
Active	1st February 1964-Present
Country	Australia
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Commando
Part of	Special Operations Command
Garrison/HQ	Holsworthy
Nickname	The Fighting Fourth
Motto	Duty First
March	Inverbrackie
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	HM The Queen (Australian Infantry Corps)
Insignia
Unit Colour Patch

The 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment or 4 RAR (Cdo), is one of the battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment and is one of three combat capable groups within the Australian Special Operations Command (the other two being the SASR and 1st Commando Regiment). It is the only battalion of the Australian Army which requires members to undergo a rigorous selection process prior to gaining entry. Training for 4RAR upon completion of the commando training course consists of several more specialist school including urban and maritime operations, climbing, special forces weapons, and jump school as well as others.

Some tasks a commando may be required to perform include but are not limited to:

Accurately employ a range of advanced weapon systems (including night aiming devices);
Fight at close quarters with weapons;
Participate in a Commando fighting patrol in both urban and rural operations;
Destroy targets using explosives;
Parachute onto land or into water;
Participate in Tactical Air Land Operations from both fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft;
Embark and disembark from Commando amphibious insertion craft in surf (beach and rocky landings) and from parent craft;
Ascend and descend vertical obstacles using military roping and caving ladder climbing techniques;
Operate intra-platoon communications equipment;
Conduct manual entry to urban structures;
Comply with the Laws of Armed Conflict (LOAC), Rules of Engagement (ROE) and adhere to Orders for Opening Fire (OFOF);
Conduct airborne rappelling and fast roping (including suspended extraction); and
Operate Commando amphibious boats as coxswain / bowman as part of a flotilla.