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Royal Green Jackets
Royal Green Jackets cap badge
Active1 January 1966 – 1 February 2007
AllegianceRoyal Green Jackets United Kingdom
BranchRoyal Green Jackets British Army
TypeRifles
RoleLight Infantry
Size5 battalions
Part ofLight Division
Garrison/HQ1st Battalion – Weeton
2nd Battalion – Bulford
Nickname(s)"The Black Mafia"
Motto(s)Celer et Audax (Latin: Swift and Bold)
MarchQuick – Huntsman's Chorus/Italian Song
Double Pass – The Road to the Isles
AnniversariesWaterloo (18 June)
Commanders
Last Colonel-in-ChiefQueen Elizabeth II
Last Colonel CommandantLieutenant General Nick Parker

The Royal Green Jackets (RGJ) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, one of two "large regiments" within the Light Division (the other being The Light Infantry).

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