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  • #52
    OS119
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,518 ✭✭✭OS119


    cruasder777 wrote: »
    ...2 battalion rotations (440) over 1 yr x 10 years, would mean 4,400 had been overseas out of 8,500...

    err.. tours are 6 months in length, so to man a 440 strength deployment 880 would have deployed in 1 year.

    meaning 8,800 in 10 ten years.

    mong.


  • #53
    cruasder777
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭cruasder777


    OS119 wrote: »
    err.. tours are 6 months in length, so to man a 440 strength deployment 880 would have deployed in 1 year.

    meaning 8,800 in 10 ten years.

    mong.



    Ok, I got the maths wrong.

    The other poster has been wrong on nearly every claim.

    Over 10 years its realitic to say many had been on more then one tour so my point stands.

    It can only be proven either way only with official figures.

    Is it true that service overseas is voluntary with the battalion cobbled together with volunteers ?

    Mong ? Like you would say it to my face.


  • #54
    OS119
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,518 ✭✭✭OS119


    cruasder777 wrote: »
    Mong ? Like you would say it to my face.

    i've said it to bigger and scarier people than you fella. that bloke off Cbeebies for a start.

    i'm not sure there's anyone left who's on a voluntary contract - though certainly thats how it used to be done - the new (quite old now) contract requires overseas service for promotion, as well as re-engagement.


  • #55
    KickstartHeart
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭KickstartHeart


    He's still going. God love him! crusader777 I gave you the link. And I quoted it to you. READ IT!


    The things iv'e said are not lies! haha. People can read this whole thread you know. Your general argument is totally skewed, and changes over time depending on which of your points is proven as bull crap! Just give up, no-body is believing you. And to be honest I dont blame them. I've posted links to support everything I've said, at your request. Yet you still think I'm not telling the truth! You are most definitely not a real soldier. Either that or you somehow managed to skip through the selection process part that determines your aptitude.

    I don't know. Maybe you are a real soldier. But I'm beginning to think the poster before could be on to something. Your'e probably a wannabe, with hard set opinions, and for reason, when the information is presented to you that proves your'e completely wrong, you won't let yourself admit that your'e wrong, so you just keep going, and tell people to do the maths, when you can't even do that right.

    I'm begging you,.. go away.


  • #56
    Achilles1599
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Achilles1599


    well thanks for the information lads think i swung round to the defence forces side and no am not some british troll.


  • #57
    KickstartHeart
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭KickstartHeart


    Achilles1599 wrote: »
    well thanks for the information lads think i swung round to the defence forces side and no am not some british troll.

    No bother lad. Best of luck in trying. Keep in mind though, its really hard to get into at the moment, so expect to have to try a few times. Don't give up! Go to military.ie Find out what they look for in interview, prepare..and keep up the fitness training. Entrance test is easy but you'd be surprised how many people fail. Its a mile and a half run in about 11 and a half minutes, 20 pressups in a minute, and 20 situps in a minute. All that kind of info is on military.ie

    Best of luck!


  • #58
    RMD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭RMD


    KickstartHeart wrote: »
    No bother lad. Best of luck in trying. Keep in mind though, its really hard to get into at the moment, so expect to have to try a few times. Don't give up! Go to military.ie Find out what they look for in interview, prepare..and keep up the fitness training. Entrance test is easy but you'd be surprised how many people fail. Its a mile and a half run in about 11 and a half minutes, 20 pressups in a minute, and 20 situps in a minute. All that kind of info is on military.ie

    Best of luck!

    If you want to contend for a rare spot the easiest start is by having a very high level of fitness. Don't aim just to beat the minimum, do the training and try to crush those numbers.
    Crusader777 wrote:
    Do the maths genuis.

    Military experience, alot more then yours, just no need to brag.

    First of all, if you want to band around condescending words like "genius" I suggest you get the basic maths right yourself.

    On a further note could you actually answer my question? A person with military experience and who seems to be such a beacon of knowledge on the PDF would surely not make such a simple mistake.

    You're a Walt, it's that obvious.


  • #59
    DipStick McSwindler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭DipStick McSwindler


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  • #60
    KickstartHeart
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭KickstartHeart


    Feeney's right RMD. Its just pass or fail now. But still, its best to work on fitness REGARDLESS of whether you need to or not.


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