An Cosantóir January / February 2024 www.military.ie/magazine
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Contents
VOLUME 84
Number 01
Jan/Feb 2024
It's your magazine
Interview with DF Head
of Transformation
12
By Sgt Rena Kennedy
Photos by Airman Sam Gibney
What has the OCSC done
in 2023
18
By Brig Gen Rossa Mulcahy
The Irish Volunteers at War,
1916-1923
24
By Tom O' Neill Comdt RDF (RETD)
Photos provided by Tom O' Neill Comdt
RDF (RETD)
People of the DF
30
By Cpl Martin Bennett
Photos by Cpl Martin Bennett
Car Bombs and Barrack
Busters
28
By Lt Col (Retd) Dan Harvey
Photos provided by PR Branch
On Parade
04
Sports & Clubs
26
From the Archives
32
Book Review
34
Cambrian Patrol
08
By Lt Conor Smyth
Photos by Sgt Adrian Foley
DFSM Centenary
10
Adapted by Lt Col Margaret Bannister from
an article by Lt Col (Retd) Mark Armstrong
Photos by Lt Col Margaret Bannister
Resilience: Applied skills
for recruits to retirees
and everyone in between
14
By Lt (RDF) Colm Doody PhD, BA
Photos by Colm Doody PhD, BA
Irish United Nations Veterans
Association (IUNVA)
16
By Col George Kerton (Retd)
Photos by Col George Kerton (Retd)
DF Values in Action Awards
20
By DF Press Office
Photos by Airman Sam Gibney
Leadership
22
Article By DF Leadership Doctrine
Working Group
with contributions by S/Lt (NS)
Stephen Smyth
Gaisce Defence Forces
Adventure Challenge 2023
31
Article by Lt John Walsh
Photos by Lt John Walsh
