51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment
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The 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment (51 FNQR) is an Australian Army Regional Force Surveillance Unit headquartered at Porton Barracks in Cairns. The battalion's primary role is to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance tasks in support of border security operations. Its area of operations includes the Torres Strait (especially Australia's border with Papua New Guinea) and the Cape York littoral environment. Additional tasks for 51FNQR include the collection and collation of military geographic information as well as community engagement and disaster relief operations.
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51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment
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51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment
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The Eyes and Ears of the North
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Cap badge of the Far North Queensland Regiment
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Colonel in Chief
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Colonel K. Ryan
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Slow – Soldiers of the North
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Quick – The Far North Queensland Regiment ; The Black Kookaburra
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Ducit Amor Patriae
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The Eyes and Ears of the North
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The 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment (51 FNQR) is an Australian Army Regional Force Surveillance Unit headquartered at Porton Barracks in Cairns. The battalion's primary role is to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance tasks in support of border security operations. Its area of operations includes the Torres Strait (especially Australia's border with Papua New Guinea) and the Cape York littoral environment. Additional tasks for 51FNQR include the collection and collation of military geographic information as well as community engagement and disaster relief operations. Soldiers in the unit are cross-trained in a variety of "low-visibility" skills such as weapons, survival, sniping, medic, small boat handling, driving, tracking, air operations. It is the only battalion of the Far North Queensland Regiment, and draws its lineage from an Australian Imperial Force (AIF) light infantry battalion, which was raised for service during World War I.
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51 FNQR
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Ducit Amor Patriae (love of country Leads Me) (Latin)
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