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In 1982 on border duty when out with the Gardai was the respirator carried in the left hand pouch and did we carry helmets. I should remember but I drank a lot in those days.
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anybody got any good stories of border duty? ive read stories from the BA on the other side, what about the DF? What happened?"Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here...this is the War Room!" -
The respirator was normally carried in the left hand pouch, or in the kidney pouches. To answer the second question , No i dont ever remember wearing a helmet on the border.certainly not the old steel one anyway.(replaced in 85 )I wasent up on border duty until around 85- 86 so i dont know how accurate this reply is. OkPress Corp-"Say General the Folks back home would sure like to know where you got that pearl handled revolver?
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Well, when I was there in the late 70s we were issued and had to wear the same helmets as the PDF. I will never forget the look on the COs face when he seen the tin pot helmets we arrived with from world war two, but that was what was on issue to us at the time.Originally posted by herr flick 2it will be long, it will be hard, and there will be no withdrawl
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Some units still have stocks of them, for the unlikely event that the full establishment strength suddenly turns up out of the blue, because not enough modern helmets have been issued to the unitOriginally posted by beenthereComment
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No way Barry, I don't buy it that must be another Urban myth!
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Would it not be a Health And Safety issue to be wearing headgear which has beenOriginally posted by Barry
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Pray tell, if you ever needed to use this respirator, what would happen to the poor Gardai?Originally posted by exerComment
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hopefully the same thing that you hope wont happen when we escorted them on arms searches in abandoned farmhouses after you have cordoned off the immediate area and the garda walks up and kicks in the door
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No spooky barry is right, there are still piss pot helmets with some units, even dublin units for that matterThe trick to pet names is a combination of affectionate nouns. Honeybun. Sugarpie. Kittentits.Comment
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Some units have more of them, than they do of the current FCA issue onesComment
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Pray tell, if you ever needed to use this respirator, what would happen to the poor Gardai?
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One of the PTE`s had to wear one on range last week while they were in the buttsOriginally posted by GasplugEducation isn't everything, for a start it isn't an elephantComment
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That old style helmet,according to The cadre on my Pots course is actually contrary to H&S,and should be disposed of. Most units have dumped theirs. Candidates on that course who arrived with the steel helmet were directed towards the skip.
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FP the unit whos flash you are using has more GS helmets for Ranges than personnel, so how did someone end up using the steel 100 BC helmet?"It is a general popular error to imagine that loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for it's welfare" Edmund BurkeComment
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