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  • CBB to The Curragh, approx 48 KM and 43 mins travel time.
    Collins Barracks to The Curragh, approx 201 KM and 2 Hours at least.
    What are you cackling at, fatty? Too much pie, that's your problem.

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    • Folks. This has no bearing on the RDF please take this elsewhere.

      In other news I think there will be an Easter GOH again from the RDF this year; big ask . First time in the new series the providing unit will have come from outside the Pale
      Last edited by trellheim; 17 February 2014, 10:22.
      "Are they trying to shoot down the other drone? "

      "No, they're trying to fly the tank"

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      • Originally posted by trellheim View Post
        Folks. This has no bearing on the RDF please take this elsewhere.

        In other news I think there will be an Easter GOH again from the RDF this year; big ask . First time in the new series the providing unit will have come from outside the Pale
        And cue the E Bde to the rescue . . . .
        If at first you don't succeed, then call in an airstrike.

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        • And cue the E Bde to the rescue . . . .
          Its a bitch make no mistake to staff that puppy we learnt through bloodshed what needs doing . Single Force tasking now though ... last years' was more or less the very first thing the Single Force did
          "Are they trying to shoot down the other drone? "

          "No, they're trying to fly the tank"

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          • Any idea what unit is going to get the tasking Trellheim
            What are you cackling at, fatty? Too much pie, that's your problem.

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            • Originally posted by trellheim View Post
              Its a bitch make no mistake to staff that puppy we learnt through bloodshed what needs doing . Single Force tasking now though ... last years' was more or less the very first thing the Single Force did
              Yep, was on it myself.
              If at first you don't succeed, then call in an airstrike.

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              • Folks. This has no bearing on the RDF please take this elsewhere
                Actually it does as all the units involved have reserve components.

                1 Cavs RDF element formerly 31 Cav will be at the same disadvantage as the full time component and given the nature in which courses are run qualification and thus promotion is very limited to any unit outside of the Dublin / Curragh area that does not have its onw equipment on site.

                2 Cav 62/11 was never at this advantage because of its proximity to the curragh and now the 1st Armour/Tank crowd. While numbers wise it might look nice to have a reserve element on the books how limited will thes people be due to geographic location.

                I think the removal of 4th Bn from Cork sevre limited the ability of the reserve to recruit in the south as corps type units and artillery,cav and logs are restricted in establishment figures.

                Death by starvation of new blood outside the primary training centre for non inf units?


                And cue the E Bde to the rescue
                Get used to it as besides the NSR you may be the only Reserve Units in the country if the disparagy in training needs for units beyond the Curragh is not adressed.
                Last edited by hptmurphy; 17 February 2014, 16:25.
                Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                • No e bde any more folks , just 1,2 and dftc,ac,ns
                  "Are they trying to shoot down the other drone? "

                  "No, they're trying to fly the tank"

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                  • 1 Cav and 2 Cav are getting their own CRV's fairly soon.Should solve all those problems.
                    "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.

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                    • Originally posted by Tyler Durden View Post
                      And cue the E Bde to the rescue . . . .
                      Only because the DF management are reluctant to provide overnight accom to those from outside the pale, instead insisting that they make their way to Dublin on the morning of the event.

                      Do the DF realise that the Rising didn't just happen in Dublin? There was a considerable(and ultimately tragic) engagement of British Forces outside Fermoy.


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

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                      • 1 Cav and 2 Cav are getting their own CRV's fairly soon.Should solve all those problems.
                        Having corps as primary units in any location units still limits the establishment of any reserve units within a PDF unit.
                        Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                        • How did Bray manage to retain a Coy given its proximity to Dublin?
                          Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                          • Originally posted by hptmurphy View Post
                            How did Bray manage to retain a Coy given its proximity to Dublin?
                            It is what used to be 3 Coys post 2005.
                            An hour from CBB (45 mins with no traffic)
                            DOD owned site that couldn't get planning in the good times
                            One of the biggest towns in the country

                            But I agree

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                            • Originally posted by DeV View Post
                              An hour from CBB (45 mins with no traffic)
                              DOD owned site that couldn't get planning in the good times
                              Not DoD owned - permanent lease that ends when the DF leaves. I think it may even be a free lease but if the DF leaves, they lose access. Cannot sell it or get planning permission as they don't own it. So long as they stay there, they have full access. That is my understanding.

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                              • Long term lease

                                There was planning applications in for a new courts building and housing both were rejected

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