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Have RDF served overseas yet?

  • 07-10-2008 8:35pm
    #1
    jake59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 194 ✭✭


    as the title says does anyone know if the rdf have served overseas at all on any missions? I'm ex PDF and have served in the UN ( a long time ago) and was considering joning the rdf with a view to going overseas at some stage.... thanks


Comments

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


    No, they haven't.


  • #3
    Grudaire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,620 ✭✭✭Grudaire


    Poccington wrote: »
    No, they haven't.

    You sure?

    The guy at the stand in DCU today(whatever the hell they were doing at our clubs and socs day but sin ceist eile) said that one of the guy's in the group was serving abroad soon anyway....


  • #4
    Poccington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭Poccington


    Cliste wrote: »
    You sure?

    The guy at the stand in DCU today(whatever the hell they were doing at our clubs and socs day but sin ceist eile) said that one of the guy's in the group was serving abroad soon anyway....

    Yep, I'm sure.

    People will tell you a lot of things when they're Recruiting, some of them may not be true.


  • #5
    67AQUALUNG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭67AQUALUNG


    It is possible to go abroad but you have to have a trade,be a qualified doctor,be a qualified army driver etc and also be of a certain rank.
    its a new thing just coming into rdf.


  • #6
    Poccington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭Poccington


    67AQUALUNG wrote: »
    It is possible to go abroad but you have to have a trade,be a qualified doctor,be a qualified army driver etc and also be of a certain rank.
    its a new thing just coming into rdf.

    You're not guaranteed to go Overseas with any of those things.

    All that's in the Reserve at the moment is personnel can fill out a Declaration of Interest for Overseas Service.


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  • #7
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    67AQUALUNG wrote: »
    It is possible to go abroad but you have to have a trade,be a qualified doctor,be a qualified army driver etc and also be of a certain rank.
    its a new thing just coming into rdf.

    No you can't stop listening to ball hop's and repeating them.


  • #8
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Cliste wrote: »
    You sure?

    The guy at the stand in DCU today(whatever the hell they were doing at our clubs and socs day but sin ceist eile) said that one of the guy's in the group was serving abroad soon anyway....


    Probably one of the PDF cadre attached to his unit is travelling soon.


  • #9
    67AQUALUNG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭67AQUALUNG


    Actually that is what a PDF sgt told us last week and it was directed towards RDF personnel. I am just sayin what i heard.


  • #10
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Mairt wrote: »
    Probably one of the PDF cadre attached to his unit is travelling soon.

    Or possibly an RDF lad taking part in a some sort of competition with the RDF, I know a few that have done that but they didn't claim to have "Served" overseas.

    RDF have been overseas with the PDF, but only for certain exercises and competitions!


  • #11
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    minidazzler wrote: »
    Or possibly an RDF lad taking part in a some sort of competition with the RDF, I know a few that have done that but they didn't claim to have "Served" overseas.

    Sorta like diving at Bere Island :p


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  • #12
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Mairt wrote: »
    Sorta like diving at Bere Island :p

    Considering some of the locals opinion of RDFers on Bere we should be getting hazardous duty pay!!!


  • #13
    enda50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭enda50


    http://www.rdfra.ie/news.shtml#10

    Reservist on Overseas Training Exercise
    Last May, Reservist Lt. Sean Murphy, HQ 1 S. Bde RDF, took part in a Training Exercise on the Irish CIS team for Combined Endeavour, an international NATO/PFP comms exercise in Baumholder, Germany. Click here to read to the full article.


  • #14
    Poccington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭Poccington


    That was a lad going over on a training exercise.

    If Reservists think that qualifies as an Overseas mission they're off their head.


  • #15
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Poccington wrote: »
    That was a lad going over on a training exercise.

    If Reservists think that qualifies as an Overseas mission they're off their head.

    Most don't know about it. Of those that do, Some consider it just an exercise and some consider it a major win for Overseas Service.


  • #16
    concussion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,267 ✭✭✭concussion


    It quite clearly says it was a training exercise. I don't think anyone is claiming it was service on an overseas mission.


  • #17
    Poccington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭Poccington


    concussion wrote: »
    It quite clearly says it was a training exercise. I don't think anyone is claiming it was service on an overseas mission.

    Then why was it posted in the thread?

    The man asked if any RDF personnel have served on Overseas missions.... Then someone posts about the Ex. that the Reservist lad went on. Something which holds no relevance in this thread.


  • #18
    Poccington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭Poccington


    minidazzler wrote: »
    Most don't know about it. Of those that do, Some consider it just an exercise and some consider it a major win for Overseas Service.

    I fail to see how it could be considered as anything except an exercise.


  • #19
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Poccington wrote: »
    I fail to see how it could be considered as anything except an exercise.


    +1.

    I don't mean to pi$$ on the reservers chips, but it really means nothing.


  • #20
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Poccington wrote: »
    I fail to see how it could be considered as anything except an exercise.

    As do I.


  • #21
    jake59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 194 ✭✭jake59


    thanks for the info lads... I kind of thought that was the case and that the rdf were not serving overseas yet. I suppose it would be asking too much for the irish to be more like the brits in this respect. I'm out of the army a good few years now but reckon I will go back in to the rdf and see how things go anyway. thanks again.


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