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  • #31
    Originally posted by morpheus View Post
    in the 21 gun salute? heard some members of the RDF arty took part!?
    No, 4 FAR all the way
    CRIME SCENE INSTIGATOR

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    • #32


      Some more.
      Good to see its only a 06 merc driving him about.


      Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Rhodes View Post
        what's with so many Officers on parade?

        is this the latest Cadets or something?

        great pics thanks Rhodes.
        RGJ

        ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

        The Rifles

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        • #34
          Originally posted by RoyalGreenJacket View Post
          what's with so many Officers on parade?

          is this the latest Cadets or something?

          great pics thanks Rhodes.
          Tut tut.

          I would correct you, but its funnier to quote you.


          Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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          • #35
            Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
            Tut tut.

            I would correct you, but its funnier to quote you.
            i don't get ya Goldie - why is it not soldiers doing this?

            or do Irish DF soldiers also wear peaked caps nowadays?

            genuine question.
            RGJ

            ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

            The Rifles

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            • #36
              I will provide a polite answer to a polite question, Soliders seem to wear peaked caps when on Guard of Honour

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              • #37
                Originally posted by RoyalGreenJacket View Post
                i don't get ya Goldie - why is it not soldiers doing this?

                or do Irish DF soldiers also wear peaked caps nowadays?

                genuine question.
                Not everyone who wears a peaked cap is an officer.
                Officers cap badges are not shiney.
                Officers wear a different uniform to other ranks.
                Officers never go on parade carrying a rifle.
                Swords,
                Sam Brownes,
                Brown shoes,
                etc

                There have been many zombie threads about the introduction of the peaked cap into service for ceremonial, I am surprised you never noticed this.

                Rookie Mistake, seriously. Are you genuinely saying you could not tell the difference between an officer of the Irish DF and Other ranks?
                Last edited by Goldie fish; 14 November 2011, 17:41.


                Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
                  Not everyone who wears a peaked cap is an officer.
                  Officers cap badges are not shiney.
                  Officers wear a different uniform to other ranks.
                  Officers never go on parade carrying a rifle.

                  etc

                  There have been many zombie threads about the introduction of the peaked cap into service for ceremonial, I am surprised you never noticed this.

                  Rookie Mistake, seriously.
                  no mate, now i know. thanks

                  looks alot better then berets.
                  RGJ

                  ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

                  The Rifles

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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by RoyalGreenJacket View Post
                    no mate, now i know. thanks

                    looks alot better then berets.
                    Definitely.
                    Uniformity for one.


                    The next step is to get rid of the square rig for the Junior rates in the NS...


                    Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by REX View Post
                      No, 4 FAR all the way
                      According to RDFRA, there was a RDF Commandant, Captain and Sergeant from 54 RAR involved as well.

                      Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post


                      Some more.
                      Good to see its only a 06 merc driving him about.
                      Wheres the old car?

                      Originally posted by RoyalGreenJacket View Post
                      what's with so many Officers on parade?

                      is this the latest Cadets or something?

                      great pics thanks Rhodes.
                      Search for peaker and you should find a thread on it

                      Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
                      Definitely.
                      Uniformity for one.


                      The next step is to get rid of the square rig for the Junior rates in the NS...
                      Only if worn on all GoHs!

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                      • #41
                        Are they the 25 pounders retained for ceremonial shoots that carried out the 21 gun salute from the Aras for the President's inauguration?

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                        • #42
                          My opening thoughts of the new president....wanker. Why was the GoH left waiting for 30 minutes in the rain, he could have thanked those present and dismissed the Guard!
                          Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by Curragh Plains View Post
                            Are they the 25 pounders retained for ceremonial shoots that carried out the 21 gun salute from the Aras for the President's inauguration?
                            The 21 Gun Salute was at Collins Barracks not the Aras.

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                            • #44
                              And what happened to the fly past ?
                              Don't spit in my Bouillabaisse .

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                              • #45
                                Originally posted by Seanachie View Post
                                My opening thoughts of the new president....wanker. Why was the GoH left waiting for 30 minutes in the rain, he could have thanked those present and dismissed the Guard!
                                You cant blame him- it was day one of the job, I blame the Chief, the ADC, the Protocol
                                lads-- the PA 's

                                they should have had a quiet word in his shell like- Micky D was the only one there who was a red arse to the whole thing-
                                Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
                                Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
                                The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
                                The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
                                The best lack all conviction, while the worst
                                Are full of passionate intensity.

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