7RAR-L: history, training and mission

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During the Viet Nam war the Australian military began investigation into the use of non-standard forces in its order of battle. Faced with the difficulties of jungle and bush warfare in this conflict it was felt the newly identified sub-classes of humanity, the lycanthrope, vampire and theumeturgic, could be utilized.

Initially, previously identified active servicemen were asked to volunteer to form a new commando unit for trialing these new soldiers. Non-compliant identified servicemen were "selected for advanced training". It is unreported how many of these servicemen survived. Once formed and quickly trained up to fulfill their new roles these fresh mixed-race units were sent into the field in a variety of hazardous and challenging operations to asses their effectiveness.

Some of these operations were abject failures, others significant successes. What it proved to the US and Australian military was that there was a resource to be tapped. Screening, selection and training programs were improved and the different divisions of the armed forces used their own strategies. The Army created the 7RAR-Lycanthropy Corps under the guise of its Mechanised Infantry. Later on when a sufficient feline presence had been established the 5RAR-Feline Corps, to keep relations between the sometimes antagonistic races better under control. For logistical purposes the 5/7RAR was formed, but generally the "Snarls" and the "Furfs" acted separately.

Similarly the newly formed 2RAR-Thaumaturge - Light Inf "Tarts" and 3RAR-V (vampiric) - Para "Reavers" were assigned their own roles and operations. It is rumored that Strategic Command hosts a number of Angelic and Nephilic entities but at the time of reporting, this can not be confirmed at this security clearance. . . .

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In 1999 5/7 RAR relocated from Holsworthy to Darwin. Later that year the battalion made its first operational deployment when it deployed to East Timor as part of INTERFET and transitioning in February 2000 as the 1st AUSBATT of the UNTAET mission. This deployment proved highly successful, with 5/7 RAR providing the force with a powerful and highly mobile battalion. After a seven-month tour, the Battalion returned to Australia shortly after ANZAC Day 2000. 5/7 RAR served a second tour in East Timor between October 2002 and May 2003, though it operated largely as a light infantry battalion on this deployment. The deployment also included a company of General Reserve soldiers.

5/7 RAR's final deployments were to Iraq. In 2004 5/7 RAR provided a rifle company for security duties in Baghdad. During 2005 and 2006 a rifle company from the battalion formed part of the Al Muthanna Task Group in southern Iraq. 5/7 RAR provided the headquarters and support elements of the second rotation of the Task Group from November 2005 - April 2006. The rifle company in Iraq was mounted in ASLAVs from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment as it was judged that these fast and well armed vehicles were better suited to conditions in Iraq than 5/7 RAR's elderly M113A1s.

On 3 December 2006, the 5th/7th Battalion was formally de-linked into its antecendent units.