Additionally, the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles (2/2 GR) was reformed in Hong Kong as part of a stabilisation of the size of the Brigade of Gurkhas at five infantry battalions - under the late 1960s defence cuts it had been planned to reduce this down to four battalions. The obligations faced by the infantry led to an alteration of this proposal, with three battalions of Gurkhas stationed in Hong Kong and one in Brunei, together with the regular posting of a Gurkha battalion to the United Kingdom for the first time. 2/2 GR was initially stationed in Hong Kong on its reformation, before moving to Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham in 1975.