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We were in today and discussing this. As soon as we get the details from higher we are reaching out

Which unit did you apply for, some have been quicker off the mark than others.

Which unit did you apply for, you should try to contact them but as already said check your spam junk email folder.

You should then be part of the numbers Trelheim was talking about. Still bad form that there has been no contact. Check the spam filter of the email...

They said it was illegal as not a UN mandated mission.... then the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 was pointed out...

FFS, what a joke from the Department that attempted to block it, was it going to cost too much for them? As you say an MRV if it's used extensively...

I know the NSR did their recruit fitness tests very very quickly after the closing date and DFTC did theirs very recently

You’d be surprised..... Enda Kenny announced he was sending a ship to the Med on the news 1 Government department attempted to block it ... it...

The Government in answer to a Deputy Healy In October 2018, has indicated that it is proceeding to conduct a procedure for the replacement of LE...

Thanks for sharing that. So thats where Mark Harvey ex RNZN ended up.

Only if you have more than one turret/cupola that can be fired to the same side to bring weight of fire on a target. Some older WW11 ships could...

call me cynical, but it's a very pretty Plastikard model, and is firing a broadside even a thing anymore?

Something from Babcock on the Arrowhead 140, though given they were meant to be going to the 120 it's interesting that they are still promoting the...

Any idea when applicant's should apply? Applied there during the Reserve competition in April and haven't heard a peep sadly.

There was quite a detailed debate over the desirability of a dual-role vessel; one which could deliver naval infantry and/or support two corvettes on...

The Vard design could probably carry IRCON for an EUBG or a Coy Group plus... and that would probably use of the flight deck for vehicles/containers

The original planning for the epv tended for in 2007 started around 2003 and therefore predates Liberia and Chad missions both of which will inform...

Comforting perhaps, but actually incorrect. Turning up at a destroyed port with HADR aid after the world's biggest hurricane/earthquake actually...

It appears that the Canadian Navy are happy enough to hang onto the Asterix well beyond what was envisaged because it has worked out so well. ...

Let’s hope that the candidates engage with the process and it runs efficiently The dates for DFTC recruit training are out with FTT happening in...

From what I’ve heard the DF knows what it wants, the WP15 supports it (but is vague enough that they may not get it), DoD stance (.... at a guess I...

Draft numbers for the recruitment campaign just gone rolled into my inbox there CBB did superbly well. I wont post them here but if you want...

Most of it's work would have to be by it's remote systems, as a draft of 6 + meters would keep it out of some Irish ports and possibly restrict it's...

Would jump at 2 suitable ETVs or a Hydrographic Vessel, if urgently required, on this basis. Believe situation regarding vessel under direct...

Depends. If it's a logs/amphib vessel operating on purely Irish tasks then it's a capable vessel (but probably shit for chasing fishing boats) but...

Is that you're opinion of the Vard design?

As ever, you've got to decide what you want first - is it a 5,000 ton OPV with room for ten TEU and a party pack of Haribo, or a 20,000 ton logistics...

Might not be a cheap option; Project Resolve the Canadian conversion of the tanker MS Asterix to act as an interim AOR (until their new even more...

And NZ http://navy.mil.nz/mtf/manawanui/default.htm Reported total cost NZ$ 103m (€60m) for an already 15 year old vessel Conversion only took...

Belgium is looking forward to the capability increase it will get with the new MCM flotilla. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p...

Bear with me in my moment of madness and the example I'll offer may not be ideal but the concept is fine. The RFA did it and more recently the...