DF Holidays

[hedgehog]

Yes they are all optional.

Lets leave it at that lads.

[RoyalGreenJacket]

They are the same every year. Mostly Holy Days of Obligation and bank holidays.

List of the top of my head;
New Years day - 1st January
Saint Patrick's Day - 17th March
Good Friday
Easter Sunday and Monday
May Day - first Monday in May
1916 Commemoration Day - second Wednesday in May
June Bank Holiday - first Monday in June
1921 Truce - 11th July
August Bank Holiday - first Monday in August
Feast of the Assumption - 15th August
October Bank Holiday - last Monday in October
Christmas Day - 25th December
Saint Stephen's Day - 26th December

surely those above dates are all optional?

[Rhodes]

May I know the DF holidays for 2013 anyone ? I' getting rightly annoyed.

They are the same every year. Mostly Holy Days of Obligation and bank holidays.

List of the top of my head;
New Years day - 1st January
Saint Patrick's Day - 17th March
Good Friday
Easter Sunday and Monday
May Day - first Monday in May
1916 Commemoration Day - second Wednesday in May
June Bank Holiday - first Monday in June
1921 Truce - 11th July
August Bank Holiday - first Monday in August
Feast of the Assumption - 15th August
October Bank Holiday - last Monday in October
Christmas Day - 25th December
Saint Stephen's Day - 26th December

[trellheim]

May I know the DF holidays for 2013 anyone ? I' getting rightly annoyed.

[RoyalGreenJacket]

i genuinely meant that.

[DeV]

do the Irish DF get extra holidays compared to those in Civ Div? that's pretty cool.

See the start of the thread

[DeV]

MOD: Wasn't there a thread on this topic somewhere?


http://forum.irishmilitaryonline.com...ighlight=guard

Its closed for a reason

Now back to THIS thread

[RoyalGreenJacket]

Not to forget that there would be MOD policemen and MPGS personnel, I think, do security duties on some British military posts, so I'm not so sure the system is the same ?

that's right TD - some places have MPGS and / or ModPlod on stag and for these bases - there is no guard force required.

i'm obviously referring to some units, mostly the Infantry Battalions who still mount a proper army Guard Force complete with Stickman etc. who do not employ a MPGS or ModPlod guard.

anyhow, we are drifting odd topic, apologies.

do the Irish DF get extra holidays compared to those in Civ Div? that's pretty cool.

[Truck Driver]

Not to forget that there would be MOD policemen and MPGS personnel, I think, do security duties on some British military posts, so I'm not so sure the system is the same ?

[RoyalGreenJacket]

after a 24 hour guard duty doing sentry duties etc you mean to say you are not going to rest off..

well given that we get our full quota of sleep during the guard we don't really need to 'rest off'. we do a full days work on the day of the guard aswell.

however - we dismount Guard at 1800hrs and we have until first parade the next day to 'rest off'.

don't get me wrong - i'd take the day off and the extra pay if i was given it. it's a perk you have in the Irish DF that we do not however i think it is highly ineffective and far from efficient.

why take a whole day off work for the sake of 8 hours sleep? just change the time the guard mounts / dismounts.

[DeV]

They do the 24hrs in shifts so have rest during their duty.

[golden rivet]

too right i did.

why do you need a day off after a guard duty?

you don't - that's why it is a ridiculous system.

an extra bank holiday has been declared for the UK for that day of Prince William's wedding.

why should a soldier deployed to Afghanistan be denied a day off that his counterparts in the UK receive?

he shouldn't - that's why it is a very fair system.

after a 24 hour guard duty doing sentry duties etc you mean to say you are not going to rest off..

[REX]

Rex do you know if its an Army Holiday?

All I can tell you is, yes usually, but DF holidays are a movable feast, so, if they want to, they may move it closer to a weekend

[trellheim]

Rex do you know if its an Army Holiday?

[trellheim]

04 may, a wednesday, for the commemoration.

http://www.militarychaplaincy.ie/