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M
embers of 3 Inf bn deployed to Great Island
Power Station, Rosslare Europort, Waterford Air-
port and bellview Seaport from 17th - 18th May
2016 as part of a co-ordinated major emergency exercise.
Exercise 'Strongbow' was conducted in conjunction with
An Garda Síochána and the various vital installation au-
thorities to assess operational readiness and to maintain
and develop capabilities across all emergency responders.
DF planning for the exercise commenced in March 2016
and was designed to test the 3 Inf Bn response plan in the
event of an increased threat to national security.
The exercise company consisted of a mobile company
HQ , located at Ballinaboola GA A grounds and Waterford
Institute of Technology sports grounds over the two-day
deployment. The HQ was supplemented with two
recce detachments, one sniper pair, one mUAV
detachment, a ground
radar surveillance de-
tachment, three Naval
Service Reserve RHIBS
and a cavalry CRV troop,
to provide an all-arms
military response capa-
bility. Three infantry pla-
toons were deployed on
a daily basis, in a range
of sof t-skin vehicles and
APCs, to various vital
'Strongbow'
by COMDT EAMON CAHILL, OC B COy, 3 INF BN
