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Pictured, 113 IRISHBATT UNIFIL receive 4 new armoured Combat Service Support (CSS) vehicles and 1 recovery vehicle. These will increase force protection for troops completing CSS duties and are a significant upgrade to the IRISHBATT fleet. #óglaighnahéireann #strengthenthenation pic.twitter.com/fJQnqRunHZ
— Óglaigh na hÉireann (@defenceforces) February 20, 2019
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"WATCH: Excerpts from 'Lebanon Stories - 40 Years of UNIFIL'
This video features some of the collected oral histories contributed by soldiers who served with UNIFIL over the course of four decades. It also includes accounts from local Lebanese civilians who highlight the positive impact that Óglaigh na hÉireann have made to their lives and their country.
142 extracts drawn from approximately 36 hours of interviews have been selected for this release to provide a first-hand account of Irish soldiers’ experience serving with UNIFIL. These clips also explore some Lebanese experiences living and working alongside Irish battalions over the course of the last 40 years.
The MAOHP page can be viewed here: https://bit.ly/2SMJ9Ax
The Military Archives Oral History Project (MAOHP) began officially in 2015 with the aim of digitally recording memory, oral history and tradition associated with Óglaigh na hÉireann since its inception in 1922."
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Originally posted by DeV View Post
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostProbably a fudge due to the old story of NOT enough reserve/replacement flexibility in Standing Forces. We are a long way from 2 battalions in the Congo. With continued attrition, efforts will fall short in all spheres, ATCP, SAR, HADR, overseas missions will all be penny pinching and somewhat threadbare.
2003-7
Irish Bn minus (430 personnel with just 1 APC Coy and Cav Tp) with a Swedish Coy Gp (230 personnel)
Chad
2008-10
Irish Bn minus (400 personnel) with Finnish Pln plus (60 personnel)
It could be more to do with not having sufficient APCs and some key capabilities (eg MOs) being insufficient
Wasn’t the whole DF something like 6,000-6,500 when there was 2 Irish Inf Bns (plus I think an Armd Car Sqn) in Congo?
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Originally posted by B Inman View Post'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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Originally posted by DeV View PostLiberia
2003-7
Irish Bn minus (430 personnel with just 1 APC Coy and Cav Tp) with a Swedish Coy Gp (230 personnel)
Chad
2008-10
Irish Bn minus (400 personnel) with Finnish Pln plus (60 personnel)
It could be more to do with not having sufficient APCs and some key capabilities (eg MOs) being insufficient
Wasn’t the whole DF something like 6,000-6,500 when there was 2 Irish Inf Bns (plus I think an Armd Car Sqn) in Congo?
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A UN peacekeeping patrol in southern Lebanon after being attacked by members of the terrorist group Hezbollah. Photo: Twitter screenshot. …
Israel and US seems to want Unifil to take a more active role against Hezbollah since Israels attacks on Lebanon over the last week. This seems to be an attack from last year, does anyone know where the soldiers are from.
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Israeli vehicle hit by missile and now shelling in area of Bint Jubayl (IRISHBATT HQ)
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