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Your Defence Forces Newsletter FIRST and laST Warrant Officer Martin Doran is pictured with Lt Cdr Marie Gleeson on board the LÉ Aoife in Haulbowline, as it set out on the last patrol before it's de-commissioned. Martin also served on the LÉ Aoife when she made her maiden voyage in 1979. The image was on the front page of the Munster Edi- tion of the Irish Independent. NordiC BAttle Group 2015 A DF ISTAR Task Force is on 'Stand-By' since 01 January for a period of six months, as part of the Nordic Battlegroup 2015, a key component of the EU's rapid response capability. The Battlegroup can be tasked to any conflict region within a 6000 mile radius of Brussels alongside troops from Sweden, Finland, Norway, Estonia and Lithuania, subject to a political consensus amongst all 28 EU member states. This is the fourth EU Battlegroup that Irish personnel have been involved with and the second Battlegroup that the Irish Defence Forces formed the ISTAR component of. File photos of Exercise Joint Action, in Haggshult, Sweden can be viewed on www.flickr.com/photos/dfmagazine New Range Practice A new video has been created ex- plaining the new Personal Weap- ons Test (PWT) for the Steyr Rifle which will assist Range Conducting Officers and Units in preparation for TOETs and firing of the prac- tices. Click on the multimedia tab on the J7 IKON homepage to view the video. TRANSPORT CORPS YOUNG OFFICERS COURSE INFORMATION Pictured below are the students of the current Transport Corps Young Offi- cers Course. This comprehensive and wide ranging course will be conducted in the Transport School, DFTC from 26 Jan 2015 until 05 June 2015. Seven (7) students from 1 Bde, 2 Bde and the DFTC are undertaking the course. During the 19 week course students will conduct a wide range of training in areas including Motor Vehicle Technology, Basic Recovery, Management Information Framework Ap- plications, Tactical and Movement Training. Students will also undertake the Certificate in Professional Competence in Road Haul- age Operations, which is best practice for transport fleet managers, and a Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road course in addi- tion to the internal Defence Forces Training.