An Cosantóir July / August 2020 www.dfmagazine.ie
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BY LAR MCKEVITT PHOTOS BY LAR MCKEVITT
An Cosantóir July / August 2020 www.dfmagazine.ie
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PART 1
"Gunner McKevitt, you've been selected for overseas for this upcoming trip to Liberia. Will you make your way over to the
orderly room to start your administration? Well done.", the words of my then Battery Sergeant at my home unit at Columb
Barracks in Mullingar. I had applied myself for this mission, but wasn't expecting to get it as I had returned from service
from Lebanon with the 88th Infantry Battalion and there would be a lot of soldiers ahead of me who were due a first tour
of duty, but due to courses in communications and signals, a role had opened for me to serve with the CIS section. They
were looking for an extra body to come onboard. Excitedly, I jumped at my chance.
The blue beret worn by all UN soldiers on
overseas missions