The explosions were terrific, must have seen the aw139's a good 9 or 10 times flying over Letterkenny.
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Originally posted by dingo42 View PostThe explosions were terrific, must have seen the aw139's a good 9 or 10 times flying over Letterkenny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEMU6_pGiS8
Very impressive ladsLast edited by rod and serpent; 17 November 2009, 21:15.
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Looks like fun. I must admit, that reminded me I don't miss the cold and wet side of it!
Fair play to all involved!'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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Before Liberia the DF were doing battalion group ex.
Since that time there have Mission Readiness Exercises (MREs) that is part of a units build up to deployment overseas.
Put it this way, each battalion going to Chad does one, they are on a 4 month tour, so 3 battalions forming up a year.
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i liked connaughtstrangers comments in the boxI 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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