Royal Ranger Regiment

The Royal Ranger Regiment (Malay: Rejimen Renjer DiRaja; RRD) is an infantry regiment of the Royal Malaysian Army. Although it is second in seniority to the Royal Malay Regiment (Rejimen Askar Melayu DiRaja; 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 was captured by the Japanese in 1942.

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 were regimented into the reformed Sarawak Rangers in 1953. In 1963, following the foundation of Malaysia, the unit was transferred from the British Colonial Forces to the new Malaysian Army, expanded into a multi battalion, multi ethnic regiment named the Renjer Malaysia. This became the Ranger Regiment in 1971, before being given the 'royal' prefix as the Royal Ranger Regiment in 1992.

The RRD follows the same pattern as the RAMD; it is predominently composed of light infantry, but also has battalions of mechanized infantry, air assault infantry as well as a ceremonial unit. The 8th Battalion is a component of 10 Para Brigade that forms the maintstay of the Army's Rapid Deployment Force.