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www.military.ie the defence forces magazine | 5 Manager Capt Donal Gallagher info@military.ie +353 (0)45 44 5306 Editor Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald magazine@military.ie +353 (0)45 44 5307 Connect Sgt Karl Byrne connect@military.ie Photo/Journalist: Cpl Lee Coyle journalist@military.ie Photographer Cpl Neville Coughlan photo@military.ie 045 44 5307 Subscriptions Cpl Kelly Gallagher +353 (0)45 44 5312 subs@military.ie DF/PR Information: Cpl Lynn Ryan (Overseas) admin@military.ie +353 (0)45 44 5308 DF Webmaster Sgt Mick Burke +353 (0)45 44 5309 webmaster@military.ie Magazine Archivist Mr Sean Shinnors Designer/Advertising JM Publishing & Media, Arklow, Co. Wicklow,Ireland Tel: +353 15331911 Tel: +353871344135 Web: www.jmpublishing.ie Email: info@jmpublishing.ie Printer Turner's Printing Co., Ltd Earl Street, Longford, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)43 3350500 The fact that an article appears in this magazine does not indicate official approval of the views expressed by the author. © Published by OiC Public Relations Branch for the Defence Forces at DFHQ, Block 5, Ceannt Bks, DFTC, Curragh Camp, Co Kildare, Ireland. Tel: +353 (0)45 445312 Front Cover Pictured is a member of the RDF during a combined RDF Standard NCOs and Potential Officers Course. Photo by Cpl Neville Coughlan For more Defence Forces photographs, checkout: www.flickr.com/photos/ dfmagazine Editorial H ello and welcome to our May 2016 issue, which completes my fifth year as editor, and hopefully there are many more years to come. This month we have an A3 pullout poster on the Javelin 'Fire & Forget' missile. The photos are by Sgt Karl Byrne and Cpl Neville Coughlan and are impressively designed by Sgt Mick Burke. Our issue starts with your photos On Parade and we were inundated with your photos from the 1916 Centenary Commemorations that we were delighted to extend the On Parade to page 11. The first In Focus piece is Jim Woods – An Appreciation. Jim served in the Engr Corps during the Emergency, working on coast defences like Spike Island and Fort Davis. Next up is our visit to the Listowel Military Museum & Tattoo, where we met up with owner Jim Halpin, and members of the Tattoo Committee prior to the May Bank Holiday show. Our Veterans News is Donnycarney Does Tony Proud by Dessy Keegan, IUNVA Post 25 (Fermoy), who explains how 18-year-old Tpr Thomas Fennell killed in Niemba as a member of A Coy, 33 Inf Bn was remembered by his home town. In our front cover story, Jill Davis, an occupational social worker with the Personnel Support Services in 2 Bde HQ guides us through Stress - Listening and Waiting on the Journey. We finally bring you the full story behind Cadet Frank Russell's (now Comdt Retd) memories of the 1966 Easter Rising Commemorations with 1916 Volunteer Seán O'Duffy Saluting the Flag. In A Blast from the Past, the Guns of Easter 1916, military author and historian Paul O'Brien briefly explains the significance of the very same weapons that were used during the 1916 insurrection and were recently fired on Kilbride ranges. In Operation Phoenix Rising, I met up with Seán Ó Cearrúlláin, an Irish born UK Armed Forces Veteran and film-maker, who is launching a Kickstarter project to fund the filming of an 8-part TV series on one of the first Special Forces Units – The Linge Company. Our centre-spread has been devoted to Cpl Neville Coughlan's images captured during the Centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, where a number of ceremonies took place over the Easter period. For Strategic Review, Dr James McCafferty DSM, BA (Hons), PhD who was a member of 34, 36 and 39 Inf Bns, looks at the UN Emergency Force Suez 1957, and the possible deployment of an Irish Defence Forces Bn to that mission. Our In Reserve feature A 'Terrible Beauty' Remembered by Pte Eoin O'Shea, D Coy, 7 Inf Bn looks at The 1916 Rising Centennial Parade from his and his RDF colleagues point of view. For History, Paul O'Brien's piece Clash of the Dreadnoughts looks at the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland, the greatest sea battle of the Great War. In Sports Lt Margaret Hogan, A Coy, 12 Inf Bn gives us an overview of Defence Forces Soccer, where it has come from and the future ahead. For our What I Do feature we met with RDF Cpl Sean McNally D Coy, 12 Inf Bn who is a fulltime actor who recently played PH Pearse in the Cork Opera House. We also have our other regular features Gear Up, Noticeboard, and Reviews. Check out our competitions and results on pages 2, 32 and 33. Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald - Editor CAn YOU HELP? Peter Guerin recently found an old photo at the back of a picture frame that shows a wedding of an officer from the 2 E Bde between 1935 & 1950. If you could help find any family links so he can return the photo. Please contact magazine@military.ie or 045 44 5307

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