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editorial MANAGER: Capt Rory Esler 045 445306 info@military.ie EDITOR: Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald 045 445307 magazine@military.ie JOURNALIST: Wesley Bourke CONNECT: Cpl Paul Millar PHOTOGRAPHER: Cpl Greg Dorney photo@military.ie SUBSCRIPTIONS: Cpl Finola Lafferty 045 445312 subs@military.ie MAGAZINE ARCHIVIST: Mr Sean Shinnors DF/PR INFORMATION: Cpl Noel Coss 045 445308 admin@military.ie DF WEBMASTER: Sgt Mick Burke 045 445309 webmaster@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: Naval Service Exercise Photo by: A/Sea David Jones For more Defence Forces photographs, checkout: www.flickr.com/photos/dfmagazine EDITORIAL H | 5 ello again, I'm sure you will have noticed how more and more pages have changed within the magazine, as we continue our makeover. Our Review and Noticeboard pages have been completely revamped, we now have another competition and a Suduko, we hope you like what you see. Well we didn't just stop there; JM Publishing has also rejuvenated our dfmagazine.ie website, with a few new pages too. Getting back to this month we have, On Parade features our reader's photos, the 46th Rec Pln, 27th Inf Bn and the first Cavalry Corps Recce Competition. In our Strategic Review, Commodore Mark Mellett DSM (FOCNS) talks to Wesley Burke about the future of Sea Power. In our Def-Tec centrespread we have a feature on the recent Naval Service Exercise 'Quixotic' with photo montage. Our History section has the second part of the Glen of Imaal by Gnr Terrence O'Reilly. In Sport we have a roundup of the latest events, our Gadget page is again sponsored by the Great Outdoors with a €100 voucher offered as a prize to their monthly competition. We also have the first in a series of features on the Reserve Defence Forces, so another stuffed issue with. Finishing off with our other regulars - Tac Aide, and What I Do. The online version of the magazine is available on www.dfmagazine.ie, it is free to cur- rent subscribers by logging in with their email address and their subscriber number, please email subs@military.ie to register your email and to receive your subscriber number. New subscribers may also register on this site to avail of our printed version or the online version of the magazine at very competitive prices. Connect Newsletter: Spot the Difference Winner for April 2011 is Michael Crabbe, Dublin 24. Congratulations Michael, an €80 voucher kindly sponsored by Debenhams is on the way to you. Apologies for the late notification. Please support the CMC Sponsored Charity Competition on the inside front cover, by emailing CMC with your name, address, contact number and most importantly your Service, whether your are PDF or RDF, get involved! It is based on spread betting so training and advice is offered by CMC. You never know, you could be presenting a cheque for €1,000 to your favourite charity this Christmas. Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald Editor Wr i t i n g a r t i c l e s Ideally we would like articles and letters submitted in by email or disc (CD/DVD). Hard- copy 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 a n d l e t t e r s than 3Mb (as jpegs) • 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 writ- ing 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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