An Cosantóir

An Cosantóir September Issue 2021

An Cosantóir the official magazine of the Irish Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Forces.

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37 Internal Communications Update is created by the Defence Forces Internal Communications Team. Our aim is to deliver accurate and timely information of interest to our members in order to increase awareness on current and future developments across the organisation. Our segment in the An Cosantóir along with our online member's area on military.ie will allow information of interest to be distributed across the DF. The Member's Area of military.ie is to enable our personnel to access information while off-site. GENERAL STAFF UPDATE FROM THE 4TH OF AUGUST There was a Joint Operations Planning Group (JOPG) meeting held on the 30th of July to review a range or updates and provide clarity for the Defence Forces General Framework for Living with COVID-19 related restrictions. The force protection of all personnel remains the priority of the General Staff. The following decisions were provided by the General Staff: • Mess Functions: Wedding receptions are authorised to take place in messes in line with national guidelines. All other functions are not authorised at this time. • Mess Bars: Indoor and Outdoor service is authorised in line with national guidelines. • D MB has advised that the COVID-19 vaccination is mandatory for all DF pers deploying overseas. • Antigen testing will be introduced for pers of No.1 Sec Coy, Recruit platoons on arrival as well as self-testing for career courses in the Mil Col in the coming months. • Overseas MRX: Commencing with the 119 Inf Bn UNIFIL it is expected that MRXs are conducted as they were pre COVID-19. • An Cosantóir 10km road race will be virtual again this year. See advertisement on back page of this issue of An Cosantoir. JTF STATS FROM JULY AND AUGUST Resource Summary of Personnel and Vehicles (Weekly) INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE INTERNAL COMMS By Lt Austin Doyle of PR Branch Photos provided by the Defence Forces Flickr page Test Centres (Daily) Vaccination Centres (Daily) Mandatory Quarantine Scheme (Daily)

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