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  • I know at least one Romanian prison officer, and its good to see diversity in any walk of life

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      • "WATCH: Excerpts from 'Lebanon Stories - 40 Years of UNIFIL'

        This video features some of the collected oral histories contributed by soldiers who served with UNIFIL over the course of four decades. It also includes accounts from local Lebanese civilians who highlight the positive impact that Óglaigh na hÉireann have made to their lives and their country.

        142 extracts drawn from approximately 36 hours of interviews have been selected for this release to provide a first-hand account of Irish soldiers’ experience serving with UNIFIL. These clips also explore some Lebanese experiences living and working alongside Irish battalions over the course of the last 40 years.

        The MAOHP page can be viewed here: https://bit.ly/2SMJ9Ax

        The Military Archives Oral History Project (MAOHP) began officially in 2015 with the aim of digitally recording memory, oral history and tradition associated with Óglaigh na hÉireann since its inception in 1922."

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        • Hungary and Poland will be contributing to IRISHBATT later this year

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          • Originally posted by DeV View Post
            Hungary and Poland will be contributing to IRISHBATT later this year
            I'll tell them you said hi

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            • Ireland is to reduce its number of peacekeepers in Lebanon by around 100 later this year.

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              • "Ireland has participated in UN Peacekeeping since the 1950s. Today more than 400 Irish "Blue Helmets" serve in Lebanon. 3 peacekeepers describe their pride in serving their country and the United Nations."

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                • Probably a fudge due to the old story of NOT enough reserve/replacement flexibility in Standing Forces. We are a long way from 2 battalions in the Congo. With continued attrition, efforts will fall short in all spheres, ATCP, SAR, HADR, overseas missions will all be penny pinching and somewhat threadbare.

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                  • Originally posted by ancientmariner View Post
                    Probably a fudge due to the old story of NOT enough reserve/replacement flexibility in Standing Forces. We are a long way from 2 battalions in the Congo. With continued attrition, efforts will fall short in all spheres, ATCP, SAR, HADR, overseas missions will all be penny pinching and somewhat threadbare.
                    Liberia
                    2003-7
                    Irish Bn minus (430 personnel with just 1 APC Coy and Cav Tp) with a Swedish Coy Gp (230 personnel)

                    Chad
                    2008-10
                    Irish Bn minus (400 personnel) with Finnish Pln plus (60 personnel)

                    It could be more to do with not having sufficient APCs and some key capabilities (eg MOs) being insufficient

                    Wasn’t the whole DF something like 6,000-6,500 when there was 2 Irish Inf Bns (plus I think an Armd Car Sqn) in Congo?

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                    • The comments underneath the story were less ths complimentary about Unifil. One was complaining that in 1982 Unifil soldiers were windsurfing and jogging...
                      'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
                      'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
                      Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
                      He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
                      http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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                      • Originally posted by DeV View Post
                        Liberia
                        2003-7
                        Irish Bn minus (430 personnel with just 1 APC Coy and Cav Tp) with a Swedish Coy Gp (230 personnel)

                        Chad
                        2008-10
                        Irish Bn minus (400 personnel) with Finnish Pln plus (60 personnel)

                        It could be more to do with not having sufficient APCs and some key capabilities (eg MOs) being insufficient

                        Wasn’t the whole DF something like 6,000-6,500 when there was 2 Irish Inf Bns (plus I think an Armd Car Sqn) in Congo?
                        In 1946 post Emergency ( the rest of the world called it WW11 ) the strength of the Defence Forces was reduced to 12,500 personnel with voluntary reserve elements and based on 3 Bde areas plus CTC , Aercorps , and Naval Service. The remainder at home when the 2 Bns + were in the Congo could have been around 6,500. Since 1924 the control of the PDF has been held in a containment structure with establishments been subject to annual permissable strengths as a percentage of that establishment. Losing a Bde and closing Mil Bks is retarding concepts of developing efficient forces especially if the powers that be see no threat and see no responsibility to aid a neighbours threat.

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                        • A UN peacekeeping patrol in southern Lebanon after being attacked by members of the terrorist group Hezbollah. Photo: Twitter screenshot. …


                          Israel and US seems to want Unifil to take a more active role against Hezbollah since Israels attacks on Lebanon over the last week. This seems to be an attack from last year, does anyone know where the soldiers are from.

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                          • Israeli vehicle hit by missile and now shelling in area of Bint Jubayl (IRISHBATT HQ)

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