An Cosantóir

June 2012

An Cosantóir the official magazine of the Irish Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Forces.

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SEAL TEAM SIX 2 Author: Chuck Dixon Published: Dynamite Entertainment BOOK SEAL TEAM SIX & Format: Kindle Edition (Sept 2011) Pages: 175 pages Price: $0.99 (€0.76) ASIN: B005LQXMGW (Feb 2012) Pages: 288 Price: $3.68 (€2.82) ASIN: B007D7OXJC CHUCK DIXON'S FIRST ever novel is written in the tradition of Tom Clancy, it is the No 1 best selling war book in the Amazon Kindle store. The great price is the first reason; the second is the great storyline that helps us learn more about these highly secret SEAL teams. Follow these highly-trained, military men as they train, hunt and fight the enemy. SEAL Team Six are the unknown heroes who endure unimaginable hardship and murderous combat to protect America. In SEAL Team Six: America is suffering as one-man cells are inspired by a new kind of terrorist who speaks to them through chat websites, tweets and emails. They get brought into this new hip online terror group and are unleashed with their orders and directions on how to carry out bombings and shootings by a man only known as 'Young El'. Whose identity isn't known by any Counter-intelligence agencies in the West, to identify him all they have is his voice on a podcast. SEAL Team Six is sent on a mission around the world to find and eliminate this new source of terror. Travel between the USA, Philippines and finally, a showdown deep in the jungles of Borneo, where 'Young El' is hold up. In SEAL Team Six 2, follow deep inside the embattled city of Sirte. He is of vital importance if US Mil and INT forces hope to stop WMDs disappearing from within the crippled regime. Short two men and the planning is hasty, SEAL team Six are willing to jump into the fire, face impossible odds and battle enemies from within and without, but if they're captured alive, there's no rescue and no release. Book 3 will be available June 2012. Chuck Dixon is a New York Times Best-Selling the team again, only this time they are thrust into the lawless chaos of Libya and the fallout of civil war. Their mission: to find and retrieve a Chinese national held within a Gaddafi stronghold Author, best known for his decade-long run on multiple Batman titles. He is the co-author of the best-selling Robert Jordan New Spring and Wheel of Time Graphic Novels. He has also written short stories (Domino Lady, The Spider) or graphic novels (The Punisher, Savage Sword of Conan). He is the co-creator of the Batman villain Bane and currently writes GI Joe. GHOST PROTOCOL Director: Brad Bird Genre: Action/Adventure Certification: Run Time: 2 Hr 13 Min Rental Release Date: 27 Apr 2012 Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Tom Wilkinson, Ving Rhames, Josh Holloway, Léa Seydoux, Michael Nyqvist, Anil Kapoor, Darren Shahlavi and Vladimir Mashkov. DVD MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 4: IN THE FOURTH instalment of the Mission Impossible series, Tom Cruise reprises his role as Impossible Mission Force (IMF) agent Ethan Hunt. Along with a new team he races against time to track down the terrorist Hendricks (Nyqvist), who has stolen Russian nuclear launch codes that he plans to use to strike against the US. The IMF team's attempt to stop him at the Kremlin fails terribly, with the IMF being blamed for bombing the Kremlin and forcing the US President to invoke Ghost Protocol, under which the IMF is disavowed, and will be offered no help or backup in any form. Ethan and his team seek the help of an enigmatic former IMF agent, Brandt (Renner), and are surprised to learn how much the shadowy figure knows about Hunts past. They chase Hendricks to Dubai and to Mumbai, with several spectacular action sequences in-between, the story twists and turns at a good pace right up to the climax... but will they be too late to stop a disaster? GAME SPEC OPS: THE LINE reviews | 33 SPEC OPS: THE LINE is a challenging and gripping third-person modern military shooter that challenges players' principles by pitting them against unimaginable situations where life and death decisions must be made. Spec Ops: The Line unfolds within the destroyed magnificence of Dubai, which has fallen victim to a series of devastating sandstorms. The city's ultramodern architecture lies half-buried under a million tons of sand. The very sand that blankets the city plays a significant role in altering combat situations and will both help and hinder players throughout the game. While most people fled before the sandstorms swept the now-barren wasteland, except for US Army Col John Konrad and his loyal squad. Who remained behind to protect those incapable of escape. The US Army feared Konrad and his team dead until they picked up a weak distress signal and launched a rescue operation. You enter as US Army Capt Martin Walker, along with your elite Delta Force team you are sent to infiltrate the treacherous region and to bring Konrad and his team home. Players will experience 'The Line', that razor's edge known only to men who deal in war. It is the line they cross when death and duty become one and the same. It is the end - of self and sanity - when their All Rights Reserved. duty is done and only they remain. Genre: Third Person Shooter - Platform: PS3, PC & Xbox 360 - PEGI: 18 - Price: €42.97 (PC €34.97) (Gamestop.ie) - Released: 01 June 2012 © 2011 Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. 2K Games, www.military.ie THE DEFENCE FORCES MAGAZINE

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