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Front Cover
Members of the Cavalry Corps
during a recent shoot in the Glen
of Imaal. Photo by: Cpl Neville
Coughlan
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H
ello and welcome to our March issue which has many articles from cover to cover. As
always your photos are standing tall On Parade. In Focus features the unveiling of two
recent veteran's memorials by IUNVA and ONEt, and we have a collection of photos taken at
the recent Passing Out Parades and Commissioning Ceremonies around the Defence Forces.
Our first feature by Capt Daniel Sheeran tells us about the 20th Anniversary of the United
Nations Training School Ireland (UNTSI) and its internationally respected history. On page 14
we have a short piece on A/Sea Leigh Rooney who won the prestigious Print Media Apprentice
of the Year 2013, while working in the DF Printing Press and on page 15, Sgt Pat Finuance (retd)
writes passionately about the 2 Fd Arty Regt Association as they continue the bond and the
friendship that still exists after the unit was moved and renamed in the last re-org. Next we
have Fort Dunree, the first feature in a series by Wesley Bourke in his travels North, South,
East and West around the Defence Forces. Our front cover image is taken from our centre
spread of the recent Cavalry Corps Shoot. Our Strategic Review pages have being given over
to our branch colleagues in Military Archives to inform us about the launch of the historic
Military Service Pensions Collection (1916-1923). Our In Reserve section features a combined 27
Inf Bn RDF/PDF GPMG SF shoot, with photos by 2/Lt Alan Markey, D Coy, 27 Inf Bn. In History,
following on from last month's 50th anniversary of JFK's untimely death, Michael O'Reilly
historically researches the bolt-action Mannlicher-Carcano rifle in The Dallas Carbine. In Sport,
Tpr Kevin Bowles (2 Cav Sqn), former World Association of Kickboxing Organisations title
holder gives us a lesson in Kickboxing Champion. Plus we have all our regular features –
Tac-Aide, Gear Review, Noticeboard, Reviews and What I Do.
If you have a story or topic you feel we should cover, please don't hesitate to get in touch and
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or submitted to the Defence Forces Review. All material should have a military related theme,
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UNTSI 20Th ANNIverSAry MoNUMeNT
To mark the 20th Anniversary of UNTSI the School Commandant marked
this occasion with the unveiling of a monument by GOC DFTC Brig Gen
Ó Giolláin in November. The monument design, by Roscommon designer
Louise Carroll, resembles the UN's blue helmet, which signifies peacekeep-
ing. It was inspired by the blue helmet that is on display in the main foyer
of UNTSI that was presented by Lt Gen Dermot Earley DSM (R.I.P.) from his
time on the military staff to the UN Sec Gen Javier Perez de Cuellar. The
outline text is inscribed with extracts from the UN Charter and the Uni-
versal Declaration of Human Rights. Within this text are the international
organisations that Defence Forces personnel have been mandated to serve
with and the specific missions that personnel have deployed with. The
symbols of the dove and the scales of justice symbolise peace and justice
respectively. The whole text is in UN blue.
UNTSI Staff with Brig Gen Ó
Giolláin (GOC DFTC) and Col
Caulfield (CMC) at the unveiling
of the UNTSI 20th Anniversary
Monument. From (L/R): Capt
Sheeran, Comdt Corcoran, Lt Col
Harvey (Sch Comdt), Brig Gen Ó
Giolláin and Col Caulfield. See
article on page 12.
