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www.military.ie THE DEFENCE FORCES MAGAZINE | 7 | 7 TEMPLE STREET DONATION Pte Anthony O'Flaherty and Flight Sgt Stephen Byrne (formerly DFHQ CIS) had the pleasure of presenting a cheque for €3,000 to Temple Street Hospital on behalf of The Equitation School and Mc Kee Bks Units. Pictured also Cpl Neary's family who inspired the selection of this year's beneficiary. Well done to all who helped achieve this target. Photo: CQMS Casey Mc Quillan DF BOXING Irish Defence Forces Boxers had the pleasure of sparring with one of Irelands greatest ever Amateurs Joe Ward in preparation for the All Armies on the 11/12/13th of March in Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines. Good luck to all the athletes taking part, hoping to take lessons learned from Joe's instruction onto a title. Photo: Comdt Adrian Watson PARADE FOR DECEASED MEMBERS OF 86 INF BN UNIFIL 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY A parade for the deceased members of the 86 INF BN UNIFIL's 20 year anniversary was held on the 14th Feb. Pte's Declan Deere, Brendan Fitzpatrick, Matthew Lawlor and Jonathon Murphy, who were honoured, lost their lives while serving with the UN on the 86 INF BN, all members of the 3rd INF BN, DFTC. 20 years on, the anniversary of their sad deaths was celebrated on the grounds of the 1MIC, DFTC. A parade, wreath laying and the planting of a tree was held in their honour with GOC DFTC Brig Gen David Dignum assisting in the planting of the tree. Photo: Armn Sam Gibney DF LADIES PREPERATIONS FOR CISM The DF Ladies Team are currently in preparations to travel to the Netherlands on the 22nd March until 28th March to compete in the European Championships (CISM). they will play the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany during the competition. Picture is of the Team last Thursday 13th Feb playing WIT at the WIT Sports Campus where they drew 1-1. Photo: LT Comdr Grace Fanning DF PHOTO SECTION PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE 2020 Photographed above is of the Initial photography course that is being held in No 1 Operations Wing 105 Sqn. The course is 4 months long the course consists of studio photography, aerial photography, maritime photography and military photography. There is also a RPAS element of this course as well so they will be trained in operating our heavy lift drones. I/C of course Sgt B Doherty (Not in photo) From left to right - Cpl J Martin ( Instructor ) Cpl P Kelly A/M D. Hogarty Cpl J Doyle A/M L Metcalfe A/M D Long Cpl N Coughlan ( Instructor ) Photo: Photography Course members SUICIDE ALERTNESS TRAINING CARRIED OUT IN THE AIRCORPS SafeTALK is a 'suicide alertness training' course. It prepares anyone over the age of 18 to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first aid resources. The course took place on Tuesday 18th Feb 2pm – 5.30pm with 23 personnel (3star Cse). Location: Military Training School, AirCorps College. The training was conducted by A/M Billy Doyle. Photo: Provided by A/M Billy Doyle

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