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Contents
VOLUME 79
Number 03
April 2019
It's your magazine
On Parade
In Focus
Veterans News
Tac Aide
History
Sport
Gear Up
Notice-Board
Reviews
What I do . . .
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17 Retired Officer Celebrates
100th Birthday
By Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald
18 Red Force Rising
By CQMS Michael Barrett (AR)
22 From Cathal Brugha Barracks to
the International Space Station
By Capt Damien O'Herlihy (AR)
26 Fighting for Your Life
By Paul O'Brien
Earning Your Stripes: All Arms
Standard NCOs Course
By Sgt Rory Behan
Sport
History
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Cork City Missing Persons
Search & Recovery Unit
By CPO/ERA Ruari De Barra
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New Pips on Experienced Shoulders:
The 10th Potential Officers Course
By Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald
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Train Hard, Fight Easy!
By CQMS Michael Barrett (AR)