An Cosantóir

editorial MANAGER: Capt Rory Esler info@military.ie EDITOR: Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald magazine@military.ie JOURNALIST: Wesley Bourke CONNECT: Sgt David Nagle PHOTOGRAPHER: Armn Greg Dorney photo@military.ie SUBSCRIPTIONS: Cpl Finola Lafferty subs@military.ie DF/PR INFORMATION: Cpl Noel Coss admin@military.ie DESIGNER/ADVERTISING: JM Publishing, Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland Tel: +353871344135 Email: info@jmpublishing.ie PRINTER: Turner’s Printing Co., Ltd The fact that an article appears in this magazine does not indicate of- ficial approval of the views expressed by the author. © Published by OiC Public Relations Section for the Defence Forces at DFHQ, Block 5, Ceannt Bks, DFTC, Curragh Camp, Co Kildare, Ireland. Tel: 045 445312 Front Cover: Mission Readiness Exercise Soldiers practice their medevac drills Photo by: Armn Greg Dorney For more Defence Forces photographs, checkout: www.flickr.com/photos/dfmagazine An Cosantóir Online To access past issues of An Cosantóir, log onto: dfmagazine.ie. This month’s username is: june and the password is: june (lower case). Wr i t i n g a r t i c l e s Ideally we would like articles and letters sub- mitted in by email or disc (CD/DVD). Hardcopy articles are also accepted. As a general rule, we look for 2-3 page articles with 600 to 700 words per A4 page. Larger articles are considered, though they may be spread over two issues or submitted to the ‘Defence Forces Review’ publication with the author’s approval. All material submitted should have a military related topic or be interesting to our readers. Sending in a photograph When sending photographs in, especially by email, please consider the following: • Save as jpeg format • File size: No less that 1.5Mb and no bigger than 3Mb (as jpegs) EDITORIAL also welcome on board our new designers, JM Publishing. We look forward to work- ing with and developing An Cosantóir, especially with our new online version. Our lead article this month is a look at Maritime Patrolling on a CASA Aircraft with H the Air Corps. In our Strategic Review section, we continue our EU articles from last month by our resident journalist Wesley Bourke. In our centrespread we have a photo montage of the recent Mission Readiness Exercise, that was completed by the 104th Inf Bn who are heading to Lebanon later this month. In our History section we have an interesting article on the New Visitor’s Centre in Cathal Brugha Bks that was opened by Mr Alan Shatter TD, the Minister for Defence. Also, in Sport we have a recently retired Cpl Donncha Cuttriss entering into his hardest challenge yet as he attempts to be the first Irishman to complete an ultra- cycling race across America. As usual we have our other regulars - Tac Aide, Gadgets, Reviews and What I Do. OUR APOLOGIES Unfortunately for reasons beyond our control, the April issue never made it to many newsagents. We sincerely apologise for this and we will make every effort to help anybody who would like to receive a complimentary copy by contacting the office. Our Survey has also been extended to June 30th - We appreciate your opinion. Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald Editor ello and welcome to a new look An Cosantóir. Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to our outgoing editorial staff of Sgt David Nagle and Cpl Paul O’Neill. On behalf of all the staff here, we would like to wish them well and hope they find pastures greener (or maybe even Air Corps blue!). They will be a hard act to follow. We 5 | Front cover from June 1941 a n d l e t t e r s • Resolution: 300 DPI • Dimension: 150x100mm (6x4in) minimum Naturally, if you are sending in a number of digi- tal photographs, burn them to disc and post in! Clearly mark envelope ‘CD with Photographs’. Also submit a short note with details like: • Who took the photograph • What was the occasion • Where did it happen • Who is in the photograph (left to right, back to front, rank, first and surnames) If sending in photographic prints, avoid writing on the back of them. If you can’t do this, please send them in as big (size) as you can, unchanged or unedited. THE DEFENCE FORCES MAGAZINE

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