It's simples. Rescue them all and let the bureaucrats sort them out.
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Le niamh
Originally posted by na grohmití View PostL.E. Niamh departed port of Messina @18.57. Not that anyone cares, too busy grinding their own personal axes.
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LÉ Samuel Beckett
The Irish Naval Service deploys a third ship to assist the international operation aimed at rescuing migrants at risk of drowning in the Mediterranean.
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Don't think the cost of an aircraft comes into it Dev...... The Army does overseas rotations generally without AC assets , we could possibly fly a 60 person crew to Italy or Malta commercially for buttons. Indeed I remember winding up a Brit once that we had the largest strategic lift capability in Europe and could deploy thousands of soldiers in a day for 19.99 a head .... We don't call it the Air Force we call it Ryanair!
I think the issue here is that the crew of a ship know their vessels from top to bottom, engines and all the little funny habits each ship has ( if you know what I mean) , it's not like taking over a Mowag or a lTAV.
The Beckett is the third different class of ship we have sent, I am sure there is interoperability in general but think the rotation of vessels and their crews is the norm ( I am sure some sailors can correct me if wrong)
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Unit Rotation
Originally posted by Jack Booted Man View PostDon't think the cost of an aircraft comes into it Dev...... The Army does overseas rotations generally without AC assets , we could possibly fly a 60 person crew to Italy or Malta commercially for buttons. Indeed I remember winding up a Brit once that we had the largest strategic lift capability in Europe and could deploy thousands of soldiers in a day for 19.99 a head .... We don't call it the Air Force we call it Ryanair!
I think the issue here is that the crew of a ship know their vessels from top to bottom, engines and all the little funny habits each ship has ( if you know what I mean) , it's not like taking over a Mowag or a lTAV.
The Beckett is the third different class of ship we have sent, I am sure there is interoperability in general but think the rotation of vessels and their crews is the norm ( I am sure some sailors can correct me if wrong)
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WHy the "he/she" and "her/his" distinction AM. I thought all naval vessels were She?Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
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Originally posted by Orion View PostShips a she Samuel is a he ?
Ahhhhh it makes perfect sense, and Im a dope for not realising that. Thanks lads.Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
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Originally posted by Orion View PostShips a she Samuel is a he ?An army is power. Its entire purpose is to coerce others. This power can not be used carelessly or recklessly. This power can do great harm. We have seen more suffering than any man should ever see, and if there is going to be an end to it, it must be an end that justifies the cost. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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Here it mentions:
"the LÉ Samuel Beckett has 59 sailors and two medics – one from the army and one from the Air Corps."
SBAs (as we called them in yonder years) not counted as medics, or just a reporter mix-up/lack of knowledge? Or are army/AC medics trained to more advanced levels (e.g. paramedic qualified)?
Obviously understand if this cannot be answered due to OPSEC."Join the army....see the world....meet interesting people....then kill them!"
"Join the navy....see the world....meet interesting people....get rotten crotch!"
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Mod: some posts moved to new thread Funnel art: http://forum.irishmilitaryonline.com...816-Funnel-art
I think some of them were accidently put in the wrong thread..."We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
Illegitimi non carborundum
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