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Military Insignia THE DEFENCE FORCES MAGAZINE (ESTABLISHED 1940) DECEMBER 2007 €2.50 (Stg £1.70) Sarajevo p.7 The Searchers p.16 CISM p.22 ISSN 0010-9460 0 9 9 770010 946001 PAGE 2 ADVT (TO COME???) An Cosantóir VOLUME 67 Number 9 December 2007 MANAGER: EUFOR – Welcome The Mighty Brez In memory of Fr Patrick Capt Pádraic Kennedy to Sarajevo 7 2 5 Bresnan, former A city whose residents have Chaplain to the Forces. EDITOR: survived occupation and Sgt David Nagle Report by conflict. Fr Séamus Dunican PP Report by JOURNALIST: Wesley Bourke Terry McLaughlin Wesley Bourke Representative Drive Safely CONNECT: Series 1 1 This Christmas think 2 6 safety when you get into Sgt Willie Braine 25 years of the Gaelic football your car. and hurling representative Report by PHOTOGRAPHER: series. Armn Billy Galligan Report by Sgt David Nagle Sgt Willie Braine SUBSCRIPTIONS: Cpl Paul O’Neill NBG – The On Exhibit ADVERTISING: Searchers 1 4 Aspectics of a 12-pounder 2 7 gun. Killelan Marketing Ltd Army bomb disposal Report by Mobile: 086 3842946 experts play vital role in Tel: 01 8042691 NBG exercise. Maj Gen PF Nowlan Email: [email protected] Report by (Retd) Wesley Bourke Printed by Kilkenny People, NBG – The Book Reviews Kilkenny. Arctic Warriors 1 6 Some Christmas reading. 2 8 Irish military history is Review by The fact that an article Sgt David Nagle appears in this magazine does made with an ‘off shore’ exercise. not indicate official approval Report by of the views expressed by the Capt Paul Shorte author. © Published by NBG – Ice Station Military OiC Public Relations Section Lulea 1 9 Insignia 2 9 for the Defence Forces at Defence Forces bring pro- Badges of the RDF DFHQ, Parkgate, Dublin 8, fessionism and leadership to Cavalry Corps. Ireland. the NBG. Report by Report by Tel: 01 8042691 Flt Sgt Jim G Perkins Fax: 01 6779018 Wesley Bourke E-mail: ancosantoir @defenceforces.iol.ie Proud to be Letter to the Irish 2 2 Editor 3 0 Front cover: The DF CISM athletes at Readers give their Cpl Malone in action during the Nordic Resolution Exercise in the 4th World Military opinions. Sweden. Games in India. Report by Sgt Willie Braine Nollaig Shona Dhuit www.military.ie/pr/an_cosantoir AN COSANTÓIR December 2007 3 news update… news update… news update… Green Berets CQMS Mick Barrett’s (D Coy 62 Res Inf Bn) photo shows the lat- est recruits to pass the module one of RDF training during a weeklong camp held in Columb Bks, Mullingar. Also pictured are their instructors (left) Cpl Laura Corrigan and (right) Cpl David Owen. Courtesy Passing Call It On During a recent visit to The soldiers of 6 Inf Bn, DFHQ, The Ombudsman Custume Bks, Athlone dug for the Defence Forces, deep during the recent People Ms Paulyn Marrian-Quinn in Need Telethon and raised called on the Chief of over €2,428.55 in Row-a-thon. Staff, Lt Gen Dermot Pictured at the presentation of Earley. Photo by: Armn the cheque in the NCOs Mess Billy Galligan. are, on left: Lt Col Eamon Caulfield (OC 6 Inf Bn) and, on right, Sgt Maj Thomas Hewitt. Snow Patrol Armn Billy Galligan’s photo shows Lt Gen Dermot Earley (COS) with Irish soldiers during the Nordic Resolution exercise above the Arctic Circle in Northern Sweden in November. See inside for more on the exercise. In Safe Hands On November 3rd at the 26th Security Institute of Ireland Dinner in Moran’s Red Cow Hotel, Dublin, the Defence Forces received a number of awards. Arthur Carron’s (NUJ) photo shows (l-r): CQMS Liam Ó Dubin (Diploma in Training Excellence), Lt John Keogh (Membership), Brian Lenihan TD (Min. for Justice) (Honorary Life Membership), Maj Gen Pat O’Sullivan (D COS Sp) (Membership), Mr Gerard McNally (Pres SII), Lt Gen Dermot Earley (COS) (Honorary Life Membership) and Brig Gen Denis Murphy (GOC 2 E Bde) (Membership). 4 AN COSANTÓIR December 2007 news update… news update… news update… On My Czech Honour Mate Pictured here are newly Brig Gen Gerry Hegarty promoted 2/Lts Rosalyn (Comd MNTF (C)) is seen Hackett and Martin here with troops from the Cooney, taking their oath Czech Republic who are of office during an RDF serving with KFOR in commission ceremony Kosovo. Over 278 Defence held in the Curragh Camp Forces personnel are serv- on November 25th. Photo ing in Kosovo in various by: Armn Bily Galligan. staff functions. NEWS UPDAATE If the Hat fits… Lt Gen Pat Nash (Op Comd EUFOR Tchad-RCA) is shown here accepting his general’s hat from Col Séamus Ó Giolláin. Also in the picture at the OHQ, Mont Valérien, Paris, France are (l-r): Comdt Dan Harvey, Lt Cols Mick Meehan, Dermot Igoe, Peter Marron and Comdt Louis Flynn. Photo by: Comdt Dan Harvey. We’re Champions Plain Text The Minister for Defence visited the Equitation Armn Billy Galligan’s photo shows (l-r): Hugh Crawford (DoD), Willie O’Dea (Min. for Def), John Feehan School, McKee Bks in November in recognition of (Author) and Maj Gen Dave Ashe (D COS Sp) then GOC DFTC at the book launch of The Curragh of Kildare, their achievements in representing Ireland during Ireland. The book, a joint collaboration between the School of Biology and Environmental Science TCD and this year’s international equine tournaments. Mr the Department of Defence looks at the impact of human activity, in particular Defence Forces training has Willie O’Dea TD is seen here with Groom, Pte Linda on the Curragh Plains. Tracey and Mo Chroí. Photo by: Armn Billy Galligan. On Target In October Capt Orla Jennings (2 BTC) completed an Air Defence Battery Commander’s course at the Royal School of Artillery, Larkhill and a the Formation Battle Planning course at Land Warfare Centre, Warminster, UK. Pictured with Capt Jennings are fellow students (l-r): Majors John Gillen, John Harding and Mark Presidential Call 2/Lt Colin Waters (6 Inf Bn) is seen here escorting Her Excellency Mrs Hamida Mrabet Labidi, Tunisian Ambassador to Ireland inspecting Brett. an honour guard from the 6 Inf Bn at Arás an Uachtarán on November 27th. Photo by: Armn Billy Galligan. AN COSANTÓIR December 2007 5 page 6 advt During their visit to Bosnia, our An Cosantóir team, Wesley Bourke and Armn Billy Galligan EUFOR got a guided tour of Sarajevo, a city which has secured its place in history… he history of the break up of Yugoslavia is com- plex and the war that followed is no different. I am not even going to attempt to explain the Tcurrent political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Instead this is an article about Sarejevo, the city and its people, and the effect the most recent conflict had on them. On arriving in Sarajevo EUFOR personnel are encouraged to take a guided tour of the city. These tours are given by Igor, a man who is no stranger to the Irish having acted as an interpreter for An tUachtarán, Mary McAleese and An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern TD. Igor is highly sought after as he has firsthand knowledge of the conflict (he is a for- mer soldier) and the current situation in BiH. Even though the scars of war are still visible, Sarajevo is still a beautiful city. Steeped in history, Sarajevo boasts a mixture of Austro/Hungarian and Ottoman architecture. There are magnificent mosques, old fortifications and beautiful plazas where people can play chess with king-size pieces. The importance of this city did not really strike me until I stood at the spot where on June 28th 1914 a young Bosnian Serb, Gavrilo Princip, shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, thereby lighting the fuse that would lead to the Great War. Since then the city and its people have also endured the German occupation of World War II, years of strict Communism under Field Marshal Joseph Tito, and the bloodthirsty wars of the early 1990s when the former Yugoslavia tore itself apart in a frenzy of bloodletting and ethnic cleansing. “In March 1994 under the Washington Accord the Federaija Bosne i Hercegovine and the Republika Srpska came into being,” Igor informs us as we begin our tour. “These two political entities make up BiH. As we drive down this road you will see two signs, one for the Federaija and one for the Republika. Camp Butmir is actually in the Federaija while the main gate is in the Republika. They are two separate states and there are only two things we share, our currency and car registration plates. Everything else is divided; police, education, health: it is crazy.” “In the city you will see a blue and white build- ing. This is our new government office. In ten years we have had 180 ministers, 360 deputies, 14 prime ?? WELCOME TO SARAJEVO AN COSANTÓIR December 2007 7 ministers and six presidents. side Igor pointed at it. “That was my position for six Igor went on to tell me about the most recent con- months during the war. It was not that bad, we had big flict and its effects of the war on the ethnic make-up bedrooms and big holes in walls to provide air condi- of the city. tioning. Behind the house at the beginning of the war “During the war, Sarajevo was under siege for 3 we had a truck full of coffee, forty tons of it in bags. and half years, a total of 1,264 days. Before the war Since we had no other material here we used the cof- Sarajevo was 50% Muslim, 30% Serb and 20% Croat.
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