An Cosantóir March 2018 www.dfmagazine.ie
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By cPl lee coyle Photos By df PhotograPhers
have you aN iNtereSt iN the iriSh defeNce forceS.
Would you like to know more about what we do in the Defence
Forces, like the training, the duties we conduct throughout the
country or what we do on a day-to-day basis? If you want to
know more about what careers and opportunities there are
within the Defence Forces? Or the important role we play in the
defence and security of the nation? And the assistance we pro-
vide across the country in various forms like aid to civil author-
ity? Well the main source of information to find out the answers
to these questions can be found on www.military.ie.
There are also multiple social media outlets that are used by
the Defence Forces to show members of the public what we do.
These include our Facebook page 'Irish Defence Forces', our You-
Tube channel 'DFMagazine', our Twitter account 'Irish Defence
Forces', our Instagram feed 'Irish Defence Forces' and our Flickr
account 'Irish Defence Forces'.
If you have seen these and you still have questions, why not
try talking to a serving or retired member, we encourage our
serving and past members (who are reading this) to tell others
of their careers and of the lifelong friendships they have built
through their time in the DF.
areaS of the iriSh defeNce forceS that you caN
eNliSt iNto
So now you know what we do in the DF and you are interested in
joining our team, but what part of the DF are you most interested
in and what is the difference between them. Below are the areas
of the DF you can enlist into. You can also enlist into one area with
the hope of enlisting into another, ie. So you may enlist under
