An Cosantóir

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 Defence Forces Printing Press 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 Front Cover: By Sgt Karl Byrne For more Defence Forces photographs, checkout: www.flickr.com/photos/ dfmagazine Editorial H ello, and welcome our fifth issue of 2020, continuing with our 80th volume – in the historic milestone the An Cosantóir magazine has reached. Due to the lack of events happening around the country because of Covid-19 we've replaced our On Parade pages with an In Focus piece by the Executive Committee of ARCO. The second In Focus piece by Capt (AR) Damien O'Herlihy, is about the Cavalry Club. Vets News features a nice piece about a wreath laying cermony in Listowel, Co. Kerry for the Irish men and women who lost their lives in WWII. Our first main feature, the second part of our EAS article, provided by Signal Magazine, by Comdt Declan Daly (Ret'd), finishes the article and gave us a very informative look at how the EAS programme evolved through the years. In Cyber Security, by Dinos Kerigan-Kyrou, he gives us some invaluable information on how to protect our online existence during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dinos is responsible for the cyber security sector of the Joint Command & Staff Course. He is an instructor on NATO DEEP - the Defence Education Enhancement Programme - based at the Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defence Academies. Ruairí de Barra remembers the tragic loss of L/Sea Michael Quinn DSM in Nuestra Señora de Gardtoza. This tragic story brings us back 30 years to a courageous attempt to rescue the stranded Spanish crew of the fishing vessel Nuestra Señora de Gardtoza after their mayday call. Moving on from tragedy, Part 2 of our EUFOR Tchad/RCA Review continues to look back at the African mission and the political and military aspects that effected the mission, Part 3 next month will complete the series. In COVID-19 and the WPS, Lt Col Mary Carroll informs us of the Women, Peace and Security communities work during the current pandemic and also how WPS will move forward into the future. Our Tac-Aide is a handy feature for the survivalist, with info on how 3 different ways to purify water, life saving information if you every find yourself in a drastic situation at home or overseas. Lt Nicole Kelly looks back on her overseas trip to Mali in The Welcome from the Malians has been Humbling. Cpl Lee Coyle gives us an insight into the Joint Task Force which is based in the Mckee Bks gym for the period of its necessity. There's plenty more to read in the magazine so please enjoy and of course we have our regulars, Sport, Noticeboard, What I Do and our competition which is running for a limited time and could see you win 1 of 5 unique handcrafted pens kindly provided to us by Bill Dooley of Curragh Pens, see page 4 for further details. Many thanks to all our contributors, especially Ruairi Kavanagh of Signal Magazine for providing us with some of the articles featured in this issue of An Cosantóir Magazine. Sgt Karl Byrne – (Stand-in) Editor W R I T I N G F O R A N C O S A N T Ó I R We are always looking for new content from readers of all ranks and units, both serving and retired, full- time or reserve. All material submitted should have a military related topic or be of interest to our reader- ship. Articles should be submitted electronically by email or memory-stick. 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