An Cosantóir the official magazine of the Irish Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Forces.
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6 | FOND FAREWELL At a recent retirement presentation in Gov Blds are (l/r): Cpls Don- IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR During a recent visit to an RDF Camp in Fort Berehaven, Bere Island, Lt Col Brendan Crowley (EO 1 S Bde AR) and BSM Leslie Doyle (HQ 1 S Bde), were 72 new recruits passed out, three of these were his nephews Adrian, Eoghan and Brian Doyle of Spt Coy, 34th Inf Bn. They join a long line of relatives in the RDF. Photo courtesy of BSM Leslie Doyle (HQ 1 S BDE) nelly C, Kerrigan E (MP Det), Dermot McCarthy (Retiring Gen Sec Dept of an Taoiseach), Capt Daily M (C/O MP Det), Comdt M Tracy (ADC to the Taoiseach), Pte Ronan R (Fire Piquet). Photograph by Pte Robbie McAney (Fire Piquet) IN REMEMBRANCE Photo shows members of the Sir Roger Casement Br ONEt and Col G. O'Sullivan (CAS SP) at the 'La Na bhFiann' ceremony for their National Day of Commemoration at Arbour Hill on Sunday 24 July. Photo by Michael McDonnell (L.I.P.F. Mullingar) VISITORS WELCOME Pictured at a recent fact finding mission to UNTSI were (l/r) Capt Conor Galvin (RDF, Instructor UNTSI), Col Michael Meehan (A/CMC), Brig Gen I Gede Sumertha Kusuma Yanca, PSC (Chief of Peacekeeping Centre of Indonesian National Defence Forces), Major Parimeng (staff of Indonesia De- fence Attaché in London), Major Arief Widarto (Indonesian National Defence Forces) and Comdt Rory Finegan (A/CI UNTSI). Photo by Cpl Bernie Byrne (HQ DTFC) WITH CONGRATULATIONS Pictured receiving their Masters Degree in Energy Management from the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) are (l/r): Lt Tom O'Connor (62 Res Fd Eng Coy) and Armn Bernard Lynch (Air Corps). Photo courtesy of Lt Tom O'Connor (RDF) An Cosantóir September 2011 THANKS Members of the 13th Irish Contingent (EUFOR), raised €1,500 by fundraising/dona- tions and donated it to the Children's ward of the Clinical Centre University Hospital in Sarajevo (Kosevo). Pictured (l/r): Lt Col Conrad Johnston, Sgt Seamus Gannon, Mesic Mehmed (DPW Engineer Camp Butmir) Capt John Fitzgerald, RSM Jerry Dineen, with Nurses Besker Kata, Smajlovic Meldijana, Cato Muhira, Beslic Fata, Cpl Darren McDade and Coy Sgt's Andrew Marlow & Thomas Hand. Photo courtesy of Cpl Darren McDade