1x Coy HQ
2 x Mech Inf Pl
1 x CS Pl (Cav & Arty)
1 x Logs Element
Just been reading the comments in the Irish Indo - they range from "Why do we have an army, they re a waste of money" to "Why are they going to protect Israel when they have no combat experience?" with a huge amount of uninformed bollix in between.
Sad thing is, I read very few comments in about 60 on there that was written by anybody who had anything positive to say about this, or seemed to have a clue.
Best of luck to the guys going, it sounds like a tough tour ahead.
'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
As regards the vehicles for the mission most if not all will more than likely be redeployed from our unit serving with UNIFIL when that contingent downsizes from a battalion to a company group in november.
Infantry Corps - An Lámh Comhrac
"Let us be clear about three facts:First of all.All battles and all wars are won in the end by the Infantryman.Secondly the Infantryman bears the brunt of the fighting,his casualties are heavier and he suffers greater extremes of fatigue and discomfort than the other arms.Thirdly,the art of the Infantryman is less stereotyped and harder to acquire than that of any other arm".
-- Field Marshall Earl Wavell.1948
Isn't an Inf Gp (eg KFOR or Cyprus) a Bn minus, ie a HQ/Logs Coy, 1x Inf Coy & Sp Coy ?
KFORs 28 Inf Gp had 213 personnel
http://www.nato.int/kfor/chronicle/2...icle_11/11.htm
when we go down to a coy plus in UNIFIL, it will be 171.
I was thinking if Cyprus and the border
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Best of luck to the lads heading to the Golan Heights, that'll be a fruity deployment.
May they all stay safe and return home unscathed.
http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/mi...rnal%20133.pdf
Page 16 & 17
From last year but gives some info
Well if the Examiner is to be believed.
http://forum.irishmilitaryonline.com...l=1#post398679
We are send 114 UNMOs as part of a Mech Inf unit and it is more about Syria than the Israeli/Syrian border.
The R&C as amended today shows that 43 Inf Gp will have a Coy HQ, 2 x Mech Inf Pl, a Cav Troop, a Tpt section, an MP section, a CIS section, an Ord section and I dont remember seeing it but presumably an Eng and Med sections as well.
All in for 114 pers.
There may be some other elements in the logs trail as well but I was not concerned by them at the time so didn't pay attention to them.
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