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Originally posted by DeV
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This is most of the relevant bits :
Source : implementation body.4.1 Recognising that GOCs have power to post personnel to appointments within the
Brigade, including for reasons, inter alia, SWAs, surpluses arising from barrack
closures, restructuring of the PDF cadre supporting the Reserve, and for operational
requirements, etc. the Parties will cooperate in this context with the flexible deployment/redeployment of personnel.
4.2 The Eastern Brigade and DFTC will be treated as the one Brigade area for the purposes of such deployment/redeployment.
4.3 In so far as is possible, redeployment will be based on the principles of volunteerism/ expressions of interest so as to avoid the necessity for compulsory
redeployment.
"Are they trying to shoot down the other drone? "
"No, they're trying to fly the tank"Comment
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So once the brigade areas are changed, the 2 GOCs will be able to.Comment
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PDFORRA and its members agreed to the Croke Park Agreement under a 3 Brigade structure not 2 Brigades.Originally posted by trellheim View PostComment
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where does it say that in the agreement ?PDFORRA and its members agreed to the Croke Park Agreement under a 3 Brigade structure not 2 Brigades"Are they trying to shoot down the other drone? "
"No, they're trying to fly the tank"Comment
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Ahh, but not in the volumes that will occur when things kick off in the soon-to-be-no more W Bde...Originally posted by almaza View Post"Well, stone me! We've had cocaine, bribery and Arsenal scoring two goals at home. But just when you thought there were truly no surprises left in football, Vinnie Jones turns out to be an international player!" (Jimmy Greaves)!"Comment
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DF Reserve.Tasked by DFHQ.Originally posted by kermit"Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.Comment
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That is not correct. The Western Command headquarters was always in Athlone. Up to 1979 the Western Command HQ and the 4th Brigade HQ were in Athlone. The 5th Brigade HQ was in Galway. Post 1979 the Western Command HQ and the 4th Brigade HQ were in Athlone and the Western Command FCA Group HQ was in Galway. This continued until the Western Command HQ and the 4th Brigade HQ were amalgamated in Athlone. When the western Command HQ was set up in 1940 the Commander was a Major General. The Post of OC Western Command was held in the rank of Colonel like all the other Command OC posts until the rank of Brigadier General was created in 1978 and all Command OC posts including the Western Command were subsequently held in the rank of Brigadier General.Originally posted by Goldie fish View PostComment
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validation for an increase in naval service establishment so? At the expense of the Army establishmentHe also claimed that members of the Naval Service, based in Haulbowline, can be earning less than the National Minimum Wage during long patrol periods.
"In order to provide enough personnel to meet the commitments of ship-to-shore rotation, urgent recruitment is needed, and should be continued on an ongoing basis," Mr Webb said.Last edited by ZULU; 5 October 2012, 13:32."The Question is not: how far you will take this? The Question is do you possess the constitution to go as far as is needed?"Comment
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Good.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.Comment
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Stick the 80 lads that are lost due to the closure of 4 Bn into the NS in shore based units to free up some real sailors to rotate through the ships and take their leave, go on courses etc which is often difficult for sailors to do during their patrol daysComment
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The whole point is that you need people to rotate, if they are permanently shore based it defeats the object!Originally posted by midnight oil View Post
Isn't it suppose to be a 3 year rotation of sea/shore ?
Did the NS every get the personnel it needed for 1.3 / 1.5 (can't remember which) per vessel to allow for the vessels to be available more?Comment
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Yes but why train someone to do a job on the base, allow them to learn the trade for the next 2 years and once they have mastered it send them to sea. Just because the NS has always done it a certain way doesn't make it the best way. Same with the army.Originally posted by DeV View Post
People should be masters of their skill sets. Be that ashore or at sea.
I am also of the viewpoint that we need to move away from the old conception that we (PDF) should have a job for life.Comment
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Because then you have 1 group of NS personnel who all they do is go to sea (no time for leave, courses, etc) and another group that never go to sea.
That used to be the problem - too many non-sea going personnel !!
The NS made great inroads into fixing it.Last edited by DeV; 5 October 2012, 20:41.Comment
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