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www.military.ie THE DEFENCE FORCES MAGAZINE | 5 Manager Comdt David McKnight info@military.ie +353 (0)45 44 5306 Editor Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald magazine@military.ie +353 (0)45 44 5307 Connect Sgt Karl Byrne connect@military.ie Photo/Journalist Cpl Lee Coyle journalist@military.ie Photographer Armn Sam Gibney photo@military.ie Subscriptions Cpl Martin Bennett +353 (0)45 44 5312 subs@military.ie DF/PR Information Vacant admin@military.ie +353 (0)45 44 5308 DF Webmaster Sgt Mick Burke +353 (0)45 44 5309 webmaster@military.ie Magazine Archivist Mr Sean Shinnors Designer/Advertising JM Publishing & Media, Arklow, Co. Wicklow,Ireland Tel: +353 15331911 Tel: +353871344135 Web: www.jmpublishing.ie Email: info@jmpublishing.ie Printer Turner's Printing Co., Ltd Earl Street, Longford, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)43 3350500 The fact that an article appears in this magazine does not indicate official approval of the views expressed by the author. © Published by OiC Public Relations Branch for the Defence Forces at DFHQ, Block 5, Ceannt Bks, DFTC, Curragh Camp, Co Kildare, Ireland. Tel: +353 (0)45 445312 Front Cover A soldier on duty as part of an ATCP tasking. Photo by Armn Sam Gibney For more Defence Forces photographs, checkout: www.flickr.com/photos/ dfmagazine Editorial H ello, and welcome to our final issue for 2019; a bumper issue with 22 articles taking us from the use of force in ATCP operations, to looking at the structure of the Polish Army, to the stand down of the Air Corps' iconic Cessna fleet after many years of loyal service, and many other topics in between. Our In Focus pieces look at a recent visit to Greece by the Artillery Club, and the presentation of the Tipperary International Peace Award to former Irish president, Mary Robinson. Our Veterans News covers the 59th annual ceremony held in honour of our comrades who lost their lives in the Niemba Ambush in 1960. Next, we have two short pieces, the 28 Inf Bn's participation in the Frontline Mo Bro's charity campaign, along with the ONE's Annual Convention & AGM 2019. Our front cover feature focuses on the use of force in military operations in aid to the civil power (ATCP), looking at its origins and principles and where the Defence Forces' authority to use force comes from. This topic is addressed in an interview with Col Gerry Lane, Director of the Defence Forces Legal Service. We also take a look at a typical soldier involved with ATCP duties on a daily basis. This is followed by an interesting piece on the 60th anniversary of St Brigid's Church in the Curragh. We have a few Lebanon-themed articles this month. The first, by Capt Gerry Duff (114 Inf Bn) carries a report on an outbreak of shelling in the Irishbatt AO in September. The second feature, Lebanon Bound / Kinsale Soldier Takes Command, covers the ministerial review of 115 Inf Bn and profile's the battalion's OC, Lt Col Robert Hurley. We stay in Lebanon for The Boys are Back in Town: Polish soldiers return to Lebanon, written by Polish-born Irish soldier, Pte Lukasz Gancarz AR. Lukasz follows his Lebanon article with Always Ready, Always Here, which looks at Poland's changing military, and in particular its new Territorial Defence Forces. In Jumping for Joy, Pte Eoin O'Shea (AR) shares his experiences of completing a parachute course in the Netherlands. Two following articles on the Army Reserve deal with Exercise 'Sabre', a 72-hour find-fix-and- strike exercise, and the preparation and drill rehearsals carried out in advance of a ceremonial event. Next, Defence Forces veteran, Dr Gerry Waldron, director of Slándáil, briefs us on the launch of the first National Security Summit Ireland, held in September. We go back overseas for our next article, as Alison Bough from Sightsavers Ireland looks at Combating River Blindness in Liberia – a place familiar to the Defence Forces. As the Air Corps recruits a dog to its ranks, Sgt Brendan Cruise presents us with Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war, which looks at the history of military dogs. Staying with the Air Corps, we have an evaluation of the service of the Corps' Cessna Reims Rocket fleet as it is stood down after 47 years service. Two Air Corps-related history articles follow. Flying in the Free State looks at the Irish National Air Service, established in 1923; and The Day an Air Corps Crew Deserted relates an interesting story from the Emergency. Next, acclaimed US author, Joseph E. A. Connell Jnr takes us back to the Universal Legacy of the Irish War of Independence in Shadow War. We also have our regular Gear Review, Noticeboard, Book Reviews and What I Do features. Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald – Editor APOLOGY AND OMISSION TO O.N.E. I would like to apologise whole heartily to the board and mem- bership of the Organisation of National Ex-Service Personnel (ONE) on the printing of the incorrect article on their Annual Convention & AGM 2019 last month due to a printing error – it is republished on P11 – Wayne.

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