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www.military.ie the defence forces magazine | 41 Author: Martin Buckley CPO NS (Retd) Publisher: Eva Books Ireland (November 2015) IsBn: 978-993411007 Pages: 284 This is a chronological list of events surrounding the Naval Service Diving Section from its inception to becoming one of most highly trained and highly respected units in the Defence Forces. It starts off with an officer being detailed to go on a Torpedo Anti-Submarine course in the UK, who had at the time no interest in diving to becoming a major driver in the establishment of the unit. The reader is brought on a journey of fighting with the chain of command and the bean counters in an effort to get the unit established. Eventually through hard work and perseverance won out in the end. A well- researched and written – a very enjoyable read, made all the better as I knew all the players involved and it brought back so many memories. This is a must read for anybody in the diving fraternity and especially for anybody who has served in the Naval Service. KS On the 30th October 2015, Minister for Defence Simon Coveney TD launched Martin Buckley's 'The Ninth Ship' in Haulbowline Naval Base. In attendance were FOCNS Commodore Hugh Tully and COS Vice Admiral Mark Mellett DSM, many serving and former Naval Divers, ARW personnel, along with family and guests. In opening FOCNS Commodore Tully said, "This book is very timely with the 50th Anniversary of the Naval Diving Section… and Bravo Zulu on a job well done!" The Minister, spoke of his own personal tragedy where he met the Naval Divers who recovered his father's body (Hugh Coveney TD, former Minister of Defence 1994- 5) from Roberts Cove, outside Cork Harbour, after he had tragically fallen in on 14th March 1998 whilst walking his dog. He said, "I had a huge source of pride meeting the dive team, the professionalism was seen and filtered out to everyone." He finished by saying, "This is what you do, and this marks that journey, thank you to Martin for telling it… This book will bring back that knowledge to the Naval Service." WF PRIMAl REnEgADE (THE PRIMAl sERIEs #8) Author: Jack Silkstone Publisher: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. (November 2015) www.primalunleashed.com AsIn: B013A0ZW3G Price: €3.60 Pages: 200 In PRIMAL Redemption the CIA chased the PIRMAL team out of their secluded island base. PRIMAL are now staying off the radar and maintaining a minimum operation, the rest of the PRIMAL team disperse and try relax. Bishop and Saneh take sanction in a Zambia National Park where they are helping their friends with an animal reserve. Bishop is helping to train the rangers to help combat the continuous poaching treat of protected species, including the black rhino. Elephant and rhino tusks are in high demand from Asian backed poachers. In one instance the poachers need to get away with their highly profitable illegal cargo and anyone in their way will be killed by machete or bullet. A ranger vehicle meets their bullets head on, and a pregnant Saneh takes a head wound that leaves her in a coma and their infant's life in danger. Hot on the poachers heels and ignoring calls and advice is a renegade Bishop in search of his own brand of justice. Luckily he has his South African PRIMAL colleague Kruger along for the carnage, but it doesn't end well for Bishop as he faces his toughest albeit unofficial mission yet. PRIMAL Deception #9 is due out in 2016. WF HEllDIvER: InTREPID #4 Author: Chris Allen Publisher: Momentum Books (November 2015) www.momentumbooks.com.au IsBn: 978-1760300616 Price: €4.25 Pages: 212 Helldiver, the fourth book in Chris Allen's bestselling Intrepid series, contains the best build up to the main story that I've read in years! From fast boats, to car chases and hard hitting gun battles on the streets of Honolulu, where former paratrooper Major Alex Morgan earns his title policeman, soldier and spy. Morgan now an agent of Interpol's 'black-ops' Intelligence, Recovery, Protection and Infiltration (Intrepid) Division is on his next mission. Following on from his last mission in Avenger, Morgan is taking a break from Intrepid and goes in search of some private work. He finds it providing security for eccentric billionaire Hedeon Zolner, aka Helldiver because he likes to dive shipwrecks. Morgan foils an attempt on Zolner's life, but Morgan suspects there's something not right about Helldiver. Morgan is called back in as Intrepid faces it hardest mission yet being attacked from the inside. Chris Allen has signed a deal for a full Intrepid series to appear on the big and small screens hopefully in 2016. WF THE nInTH sHIP THE IRIsH nAvAl DIvIng sECTIOn – 1964-2014

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