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Power boating/Diving Qualifications in PDF?

  • 10-04-2012 5:54pm
    #1
    effluent
    Registered Users Posts: 209 ✭✭


    I completed a power boating course recently and one of the instructors told us he was in the army and got his power boating and diving qualifications while he was in Army. I taught it was a little odd to be able to get this in the army then just taught it might have been part of some sort of "sports/adventure training package" he got down the line.

    I know the ARW have a unit that works with the Navy for boarding ships ect, and this might be a stupid question, but are these kinds of qualifications activley used elswhere in the Army?


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  • #2
    Stovepipe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,979 ✭✭✭Stovepipe


    Hi there,
    there are several users of powerboat (ie, RIBs) in the DF, not least the Naval Service. Gormanstown had one as a rescue boat/ putting out targets boat when it was an active airfield. One of my former colleagues in the Don had his own RIB and was a qualified diver and did body searches and used his own boat.

    regards
    Stovepipe


  • #3
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    Engineering Corps also use large RIBs for river crossing etc.


  • #4
    Brian Clowen
    Registered Users Posts: 109 ✭✭Brian Clowen


    It does seem odd but the army have many more clubs and stuff that the naval service.

    The army run the sailing club lol and they run sailing courses.
    The army have a sub aqua club and they run diving courses.

    The Naval Service barely has time tofield a football team with their workload.

    but off course everything the naval service turns its hand too is just better because it is the naval service, just a simply fact.


  • #5
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    The NS also have a sailing club. And I don't mean the one that travels in the grey ships.


  • #6
    ruserious
    Registered Users Posts: 138 ✭✭ruserious


    goldie fish wrote: »
    The NS also have a sailing club. And I don't mean the one that travels in the grey ships.
    ''Not with those shoes''.


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  • #7
    BigDuffman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭BigDuffman


    Rumour has it the Navy have a knitting circle, floral arrangement and male to male massage club too ;)

    Yeah any member of the DF just needs to join up with the ADG and can get all the aforementioned qualifications, same way as a joe soap civvie could join a dive club and get them. Just that they have access to some some extra eqpt and highly skilled instructors.


  • #8
    Poccington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭Poccington


    Brian Clowen wrote: »
    but off course everything the naval service turns its hand too is just better because it is the naval service, just a simply fact.

    Apart from passing Selection, according to yourself. :pac:


  • #9
    Mr. Tezza
    Registered Users Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Mr. Tezza


    Brian Clowen wrote: »
    It does seem odd but the army have many more clubs and stuff that the naval service.

    The army run the sailing club lol and they run sailing courses.
    The army have a sub aqua club and they run diving courses.

    The Naval Service barely has time tofield a football team with their workload.

    but off course everything the naval service turns its hand too is just better because it is the naval service, just a simply fact.

    Mate of mine did that when he was based in Dublin I think, he did a diving course anyway but dunno if it was civvie of DF run.


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