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Excellent post
In answer to some of your points:

1. Rebalance from "teeth to tail"
Agree with this one. The BA Reserve strength is something like 40% CSS
In some roles, thess are provided...

... and has been possible for years
In work, all the door swipe accesses are managed by online tech

Employee goes onto the online portal and selects item he/she wants access for
Fills in...

Read somewhere a figure of €60k being mentioned for an aircraft paint job?
Might have been for an airliner though, can't remember the context

May he rest in peace

RIP soldier :salute:

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A human slant on the current state of play in the Permanent Defence Force

https://en.calameo.com/read/006194269e5450792534b

Excellent post

Would expect no less that foreign students have to meet the same standards as domestic students
RE: dunker course, I think there is a dunker in NMCI in Cork, which the Air Corps...

ROTFLMFAO.... (bold text)

Quite an achievement and a hat tip to the manufacturers....
...

Have heard nothing myself, and TBH, I think we'd have heard by now if it was a thing
Not like we are gonna be having massed medal parades this coming year anyway, TBH

Had a giggle when I thought of Mario Rosenstock's p1$$ take of said same... :biggrin:

Not a salt water head by any means, but isn't Foynes a deep water port? Mind you, a major upgrade of the N69 would be needed for access to/from Limerick and hence to the national roads network

Wouldn't have thought so... is that correct? Given the para beret is a symbol of qualification as well as unit identity

Educated guess, as he's holding said stick and standing in the background

What I want to know is, why has the WO1 got his swagger stick tucked under his right oxter? Need the right arm/hand for saluting. Also need it for HOLDING same stick when pointing out dress faults on...

Had a flick through this issue, and have to say, am mightily impressed with the standard of the magazine and some of the stuff going on in the Defence Forces

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I'm impressed lads - good spot. Ye may well be correct...

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Ahh but Carnew wouldn't be classed as West Wicklow. Almost in Wexford at that stage!

Nearest units, back in the day, for anyone in West Wicklow would have been 6 FAR in the Curragh or 10 Bn in Carlow !
Either that, or commute to Dublin to 2 Bde

Were only able to buy on Annual Training. Cooks made a nice tidy sideline there...



That's b****cks anyway. 2 Bde MPs would be in your fkn ear, if they were let....

I shoulda taken up fortune telling... :biggrin:

A new medical facility at the Don would probably not be a bad idea for accessibility purposes, relatively close to the M50.

Granted, funding may be an issue, but given that Bricin's was slated for...

RIP soldier. Sympathies to the family