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Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald
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Wesley Bourke
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ello, well we didn't win the Specialist Media Pioneer Awards 2013, the overall winner
was Football Week, but after seeing the competition we are very happy to be just
shortlisted. We will continue to make this magazine better. As ever your photos are On
Parade. The opening of Duncannon Fort Museum and the final shoot of the AML 90
feature In Focus. Cpl Paul Millar introduces us to a pictorial look at the Army Ranger Wing
Qualification with Armn Jason Byrne's photos. In Preserving the Past, Wesley Bourke talks
to the Air Corps about their recent archives project. Our Lebanon feature this month
focuses on the MRE of both Irish and Finns. In our Def-Tec centre spread Lt William Halpin
tells us about the Fort Davis Training Facility along with some excellent photos from A/
Sea Davy Jones. In Strategic Review Wesley Bourke reports on the Naval Services FORST
Exercise which took place recently. James Wims tells us about the stand-down of the 54
Res Arty Regt in our In Reserve section. In History, JP Powell continues his Famous Irish
Regiments features with Butler's Irish Regiment. Our Sport pages feature the DF Indoor
Rowing Competition and the results of the DF Half Marathon. Plus we have our other
regular features – World Strategic Picture, Tac-Aide, Gear Review, Noticeboard, Reviews and
What I Do. I would also like to thank Photographer Cpl Column Lawlor for his excellent
work while standing in for Armn Neville Coughlan.
Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald - Editor
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Well done to all the Air Corps members who pushed the plane from Casement Aerodrome, Co Dublin to
Salthill in Galway in order to raise awareness of Organ Donation. The event took 40hrs to complete as
they handed out donor cards on their 200+Km walk, I did my bit (26Km)!
108 Inf
Bn UNIFIL
review
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Congratulations to Lt Gearóid Ó Briain, Air
Corps who completed the Great Limerick
Run in a time of 3hrs 16mins, carrying a
20lbs back pack. This is a new world record,
beating the last record of 3hrs 25 mins
being set two weeks ago in the London
Marathon. Training Photo: DF Press Office
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Pictured are members of
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ONE with members of the
General Staff, who attended
the 108 Inf Bn UNIFIL review
at Sarsfield's Bks, Limerick
on Mon 25th of April 2013.
Photo: Eddie Lillis
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