“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.”
“Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace,
for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man." “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
First Batch Of 14 Condors Left to right : Major Stephen Mundaw, Major Onn Wahab, Major Jalul Mahali, RSM Bong Fan Chang, Major Abdul Razak Che Awang, Lt Col Zulkapli Abdul Rahman, Lt Ooi, Lt Zahar, RQMS Naza, Sgt Jack Minan and Major Zulkifli
Background to the formation of the unit. 1. 7th Battalion Ranger Regiment was formed on the 10th of May 1970 at Camp Quetta 11, Kluang, Johore. The battalion shifted to a new camp at Camp Batu Tiga, Kluang Johore, with a allocation of 202 new recruits who were designated to form two compnies. The recruits were from the Recruit Training Centre, Port Dickson. In addition to that one company each was taken from 8th Royal Malay, 2 Rangers, 3 Rangers and 4 Rangers, this was to enable 7 Rangers to be functional. The soldiers from the 8th battalion Royal Malay regiment were given an option to be absorbed into the Ranger Corps or return to their original unit. However a large group chose to remain with 7 Rangers. The first Commanding Officer tasked to carry out this challengingtask was Lieutenant Colonel Osman bin Mohd Zain.In early January 1991, 7th Rangers was designated and reorganized to become a Mechanized Infantry Battalion. The officer tasked to do this wasLt Col Zulkapli bin Abdul Rahman who happened to be the twelfth CO of the Battalion. In September 1993 the battalion became fully operational. It culminated with the Battalion being deployed on the 1st Dec 1994 to Somalia for duties under the United Nations. The Battalion took up duties under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter.
2.Date of Formation: 10th May 1970 3. Place : Camp Quetta, Kluang, Johore 4. Authorization for formation of a Mechanized Infantry Battalion : KP/TD/P&P/4409-FED/(M)?3000/3/95-01 Dec 94. Names of Commanding Officers, Field Officers and Regimenatl Sergeant Major since the formation of the Battalion.
Commanding Officers. 1. Lt Col Osman b. Mohd Zain 10th May 1970 - 26th March 1971
2. Lt Col Hussein b. Mohd Ali Piah 27th March 1971- 07th Jan 1973
3. Lt Col Mokhtar b. Ismail 09th May 1973 - 03 Sep 1973
4. Lt Col Low Lye Fook 04th Sep 1973 - 16th April 1975
5. Lt Col C.A. Loone 17th April 1975 - 18th May 1977(Passed away on the 30th May 2006)
6. Lt Col Maurice Lam Shye Choon PGB19th May 1977 - 15 Sep 1979
7. Lt Col Lokman Hashim @ Luqman Hashim 16th Sep 1979 - 24 Dec 1981
8. Lt Col Mohd Amin b. Mohd Salleh 25th Dec 1080 - 31st Dec 1981
9. Lt Col G.E. @Syamsul Johar 01 Jan 1982 - 18th Aug 1984
10. Lt Col Syed Mohamad b. Syed Alwi Shahab 19th Ogos 1984 - 30th April 1987
11. Lt Col Harbajan Singh al Jagat Singh 01st May 1987 - 31st Dec 1990
12. Lt Col Zulkapli b. Abd Rahman 01 Jan 1991 - 31st March 1993
13. Lt Col Muhd Mukhtar b. Ibrahim 01 April 1993 - 31 Jan 1995
14. Lt Col Abang Hamdan b. Abang Hadari 01 Feb 1995 - 28th Feb 1996
15. Lt Col Khairul Baharin b. Hj Jamaluddin 01 MARCH 1996 - 31ST dEC 1997
16. Lt Col Mahyuddin b. Hj Abd Razak 01 Jan - 1998 - 1999
17. Lt Col Ezam b. Wan Chik
18. Lt Col Dzulkafli b. Hj Mustaffa
Field Officers 7 Rangers
1. Major Soman al Selvarajah (200574)
2. Major Harban Singh al Achar Singh(200929)
3. Major Mohd Razaki bin Darus (410037) - 1997
4. Major Shafie bin Ismail (60494)
5. Major Saad bin Mohd(60586)
6. Major Chua Eng Lye(370472)
7. Major Mohd Ayub bin Sidek(411572)
8. Major Salleh bin Awang(410113)
9. Major Kamal bin Hashim (3000012)
10. Major Salleh bin Anuar (410902)
11. Major Bakhtiar bin Abd Hamid (410982)
12. Major Sabri bin Bakar (411572)
13. Major Jain ak Sumor (370719)
14. Major Wong Heng Ging ( 370927)
15. Major Don Too Heng Onn (200880)
16. Major Mohd Ali bin Mohd Ibrahim (410529)
17. Major Mohd Fauzi bin Mansor (411554)
18. Major Mohd Fauzi bin Md Nooh (411413)
19. Major Mohd Yusuf bin Ibrahim Sahib @ Yusuf Sahibjahn (411017)
20. Major Mohd Noor bin Othman (3000419)
21. Major Bakthiar bin Mustafah (411304) - 1989-1991
22. Major Jalul Mahali bin Alias (411400)- 1990-1993
23. Major Khairul Baharin bin Jamaluddin (410770)- 1991-1992
24. Major Christopher Joseph (370943) -1991-1994
25. Major Zulkifli bin Abd Wahab(411451) - 1991-1993
26. Major Abd Rahman Teoh bin abdullah (3000753)- 1992-1993
27. Major Abdul Razak bin Che Awang (3000040)- 1992-1994
28. Major Hairuddin bin Basirun (411523)- 1993-1995
29. Major Salim bin Konek (3001549) - 1993-1993
30. Major Stephen ak Mundaw (3000594) - 1994-1995
31. Major Abang Hamdan bin Abang Hadari(411350)- 1994-1995
32. Major Nazrul Edgar bin abdullah (3001854) - 1994-1995
33. Major Juan Chow Huat@ Mohd Johan bin Abdullah (3001471) - 1994-1995
36. Major Mahyuddin bin Abdul Razak (411748) - 1995-1996
34. Major Abdul Rashid bin Ahmad (3002148) 1995-1996
35. Major D.Swami Gwekanandam al David (3002553) -1981 - 1986 Again 1990 - 1998
36. Major Ivan Synn Leng (3002649) 1996- 1997
37. Major Md Din bin Abu (3001642) - 1995-1999
38. Major Chan Weng Poh (3003921) -1997
39. Major Abd Ghaffar bin Ishak (3003524) - 1997
40. Major Subramaniam al Thambirajah (3001992) -1998
