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defence attaché week
Pictured are the 34 Defence Attachés with Defence Forces Chief of Staff, Vice
Admiral Mark Mellett DSM and members of the General Staff. The purpose of the
week was to update and inform Ireland's partner nations and is coordinated by the
Defence Attaché Liaison Office (DALO) in McKee Bks. Photo: Armn Adam Murphy
45th aPPrentice claSS reunion
On Friday 19th May a class reunion took place at Casement
Aerodrome for the 45th Apprentice Class. Photo: Armn Jimmy
D'Arcy, No 5 Sp Wing
d oPS ViSitS eutM Mali
D Ops recently visited Irish troops with a view to gaining a
comprehensive brief of the work DF personnel are currently doing
in EUTM Mali. Pictured L/R: Lt Col T Ging, Chief J4 EUTM Mali, Col
D Dignam, D Ops and Lt Col B Norton, EO KTC and SNR IRCON9.
Photo: Comdt Niall Buckley (IE DF), EUTM - J1 OPS
the biMaliaton 22kM fun run Mali
Four members of IRCON 9 EUTM Mali recently competed in the 1st Bimaliaton
in Bamako. The Bimaliaton is a 22km fun run. Pictured L/R: Sgt C McChesney,
CQMS A McCarthy, Lt G Looney and Comdt N Buckley. Photo: Comdt Niall
Buckley (IE DF), EUTM - J1 OPS
ViSit of hrh the Prince of waleS to ireland
On the 12th May 2017, HRH The Prince of Wales accompanied by HRH the Duchess of Cornwall visited Glasnevin Cemetery and laid wreaths with
Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Heather Humphries TD, at the Cross of Sacrifice and the Necrology Wall. Military
Ceremonies accompanied both of the wreath laying and the VC Stone unveiling, along with a minute's silence, pipers lament, last post and reveille.
On the day previous HRH The Prince of Wales visited the United Nations Training School Ireland (UNTSI) where he met international military service
personnel and invited guests while being briefed and touring the location. Photo: Armn Adam Murphy
