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  • Good drills RGJ, cheers!

    Be nice to see something about any Irish deployment from Irish media bar the usual 10 minute fluff piece at Christmas/St. Patrick's Day on the RTE news.
    I knew a simple soldier boy.....
    Who grinned at life in empty joy,
    Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
    And whistled early with the lark.

    In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
    With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
    He put a bullet through his brain.
    And no one spoke of him again.

    You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
    Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
    Sneak home and pray you'll never know
    The hell where youth and laughter go.

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    • Originally posted by RoyalGreenJacket View Post
      Riflemen from 1RIFLES mentoring Malian soldiers:

      And Irish around 2:47

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      • Good spot DeV!
        I knew a simple soldier boy.....
        Who grinned at life in empty joy,
        Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
        And whistled early with the lark.

        In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
        With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
        He put a bullet through his brain.
        And no one spoke of him again.

        You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
        Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
        Sneak home and pray you'll never know
        The hell where youth and laughter go.

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        • Originally posted by DeV View Post
          And Irish around 2:47
          stop freeloading - go make your own video
          RGJ

          ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

          The Rifles

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          • What a pity the trouble was not taken to interview our chaps and highlight the situation!

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            • The czechs are doing the force protection gig now? Seems to be "Guardian angels" a la training afghans?
              Everyone who's ever loved you was wrong.

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              • Originally posted by The real Jack View Post
                The czechs are doing the force protection gig now? Seems to be "Guardian angels" a la training afghans?
                we trained them too.
                RGJ

                ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

                The Rifles

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                • There are another two parts to that report over on BFBS.Irish Lt interviewed aswell(Nice new UBACS and 5.11 ball cap also)
                  "Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.

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                  • nice of BFBS to give the Irish troops some airtime too.



                    kind words from the French Army rep too.
                    RGJ

                    ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

                    The Rifles

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                    • Originally posted by RoyalGreenJacket View Post
                      nice of BFBS to give the Irish troops some airtime too.

                      Patronizing. stirring it, taking the piss .... hows' the chip doing?
                      Last edited by Orion; 8 December 2013, 01:01.

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                      • Originally posted by Orion View Post
                        Patronizing. stirring it, taking the piss .... hows' the chip doing?
                        ? as an Irishman and ex member of ONH myself, how about my genuine appreciation in praising the British Forces Broadcasting Service for including the Irish out of over 20 other nations involved in the mission in their media report.

                        although i haven't seen an Irish media report give the British in Mali much airtime if that is what you are referring to.

                        so no chips here mate, sounds like you need some ketchup to sweeten yours though, unless it is an inferiority complex I detect perhaps?

                        let's get back on topic.

                        as ropebag referred to on another thread - what both the British and Irish are doing in Mali may set the stage for a similar model mission in CAR, if the UN call for it, although I feel there is a lot more to be done there before we reach that stage.
                        Last edited by RoyalGreenJacket; 8 December 2013, 02:28.
                        RGJ

                        ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

                        The Rifles

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                        • You mean like EUTM Somalia

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                          • Clip summary:

                            British soldiers: It's not A-Stan, but it'll have to do
                            Irish Officer: The British are great
                            French Officer: The British are great.
                            Female "Reporter": It's not A-Stan, but it'll have to do, and everyone else thinks we are great.

                            If that isn't patronising I don't know what is.


                            Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                            • Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
                              Clip summary:

                              British soldiers: It's not A-Stan, but it'll have to do
                              Irish Officer: The British are great
                              French Officer: The British are great.
                              Female "Reporter": It's not A-Stan, but it'll have to do, and everyone else thinks we are great.

                              If that isn't patronising I don't know what is.
                              You say that as if a Defence Forces video would be any different.
                              "It is a general popular error to imagine that loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for it's welfare" Edmund Burke

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                              • That's why DF videos rarely include furriners.


                                Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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