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SasQuatch88 · 17-10-2011 01:41AM

Tubsandtiles wrote: »

On another note with rumours spreading around the PDF wouldn't be recruiting till 2013, alot of peoples spirits will be broken
My dad was speaking to a member of the DF and he said recruitment wasn't looking good

Edit: Just got thinking with the amount of recruits taking on last year its a shame RTE didn't make a programme following the recruits throught training, it would make some good tv and show the rest of Ireland how highly trained we are

Hey guys first time posting on this particular section of boards, Read this section a lot though.
Just on this note Tubsandtiles made, can anyone offer up more info on this, as i've been in the reserves about 6 years now, and I'm planning on applying to the PDF in novmeber.
I'm 23 now, and will be 25 in june of 2013, so i think i'll be cutting it close if i do manage to get in..
Just wondering if any of you guys can shed a little more light on this, its grand if you cant, thanks either way.

SIRREX · 17-10-2011 01:05PM

SasQuatch88 wrote: »

Hey guys first time posting on this particular section of boards, Read this section a lot though.
Just on this note Tubsandtiles made, can anyone offer up more info on this, as i've been in the reserves about 6 years now, and I'm planning on applying to the PDF in novmeber.
I'm 23 now, and will be 25 in june of 2013, so i think i'll be cutting it close if i do manage to get in..
Just wondering if any of you guys can shed a little more light on this, its grand if you cant, thanks either way.

There is recruitment ongoing as we speak but they are working off the waiting list created after last years recruitment. Those near the top of the list have been contacted with the aim of checking their continued interest, and to let them know fitness tests, followed by medicals, are in the near future.

This list apparently runs out on Jan 1st 2012 so keep you eyes open in case they open a new recruitment campaign to replace the personnel expected to leave before the March 1st cut off for the reduction in pension and gratuities

SasQuatch88 · 17-10-2011 02:59PM

Thanks for the Info Sirrex,
I'll be applying November 1st then.. hopefully will get high enough on entry requirements.. cheers all the same

Tubsandtiles · 17-10-2011 04:42PM

SIRREX wrote: »

There is recruitment ongoing as we speak but they are working off the waiting list created after last years recruitment. Those near the top of the list have been contacted with the aim of checking their continued interest, and to let them know fitness tests, followed by medicals, are in the near future.

This list apparently runs out on Jan 1st 2012 so keep you eyes open in case they open a new recruitment campaign to replace the personnel expected to leave before the March 1st cut off for the reduction in pension and gratuities

I can confirm this too, a friend got a call on Wenesday saying to keep his fitness up etc

SasQuatch88 · 17-10-2011 08:50PM

Thanks a bunch lads for the info, its a small glimmer of hope, but it's enough..

whydave · 24-10-2011 10:27AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lw2tRvTmVM

Colonel Gaddafi "prediction"
In the opening scene for the pilot, as a throwaway joke, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is shown being judged after his death, with the date given as July 29, 2011. Twenty-four years later, by coincidence, Gaddafi's death occurred within three months of the "predicted" date.

BigDuffman · 25-10-2011 09:29AM

PDF out filling sandbags near mckee...verrrry tempting to shout "Baggers" out the window. :P

Tubsandtiles · 25-10-2011 12:28PM

BigDuffman wrote: »

PDF out filling sandbags near mckee...verrrry tempting to shout "Baggers" out the window. :P

Durty

Local-womanizer · 28-10-2011 09:39PM

Now that Michael D looks set to take the throne in the Aras, is his portrait going to grace every barracks in the county like Mary McAleese's was?

goldie fish · 29-10-2011 09:14AM

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Now that Michael D looks set to take the throne in the Aras, is his portrait going to grace every barracks in the county like Mary McAleese's was?

Yes.
As did the Portrait of every President before .

Manic Moran · 03-11-2011 02:50PM

So I'm listening to the radio in the car and Christy Moore comes on (We get some eclectic stations). In Welcome to the Cabaret he sings that the Army wouldn't let him play in the Lebanon or the Curragh. Any particular reason for this?

NTM

tricky D · 03-11-2011 03:11PM

Way too Republican.

goldie fish · 03-11-2011 11:06PM

Manic Moran wrote: »

So I'm listening to the radio in the car and Christy Moore comes on (We get some eclectic stations). In Welcome to the Cabaret he sings that the Army wouldn't let him play in the Lebanon or the Curragh. Any particular reason for this?

NTM

This song is the main reason.
http://www.christymoore.com/lyrics_detail.php?id=189

Manic Moran · 21-11-2011 10:58PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjPmmCtHmfE

If you don't mind the patriotism, this is kindof cool.

NTM

goldie fish · 21-11-2011 11:51PM

Not too sure about the USMC or USCG, but the Air Force, Army and Navy were excellent. The sub even had a propellor..

Manic Moran · 27-11-2011 02:09AM

This is unexpected.

Salt Lake City - The nation’s largest chemical weapons depot has destroyed its final stockpile of nerve agent — a 4,100-pound supply seized by U.S. troops from Nazi Germany

Took 'em 15 years. Think the German stuff was even still viable?

NTM

Nuttzz · 27-11-2011 11:41AM

can we get this forum moved? I have yet again clicked into the LGBT forum by accident and now my missus is giving me very funny looks

goldie fish · 27-11-2011 12:29PM

Nuttzz wrote: »

can we get this forum moved? I have yet again clicked into the LGBT forum by accident and now my missus is giving me very funny looks

You are fooling nobody.

Your missus indeed....:rolleyes:

BigDuffman · 28-11-2011 11:05AM

Nuttzz wrote: »

can we get this forum moved? I have yet again clicked into the LGBT forum by accident and now my missus is giving me very funny looks

Why not just save it as a favorite forum? Means it shows up with in its very own category along with any other favorite forum. So now the only time you need to "accidently" click into LGBT is when you're in the market for some size 10 sling backs

discus · 18-12-2011 10:43PM

Wooooo. Just on Christmas leave from ATR Pirbright. **** me, but I'm already missing the lads and the block! Anyone else on leave for a few days?

Cork boy 55 · 18-12-2011 10:50PM

ONN on modern warfare 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMb0ZP6hnkc

Manic Moran · 19-12-2011 11:48PM

Watch to the end. Someone's going to have an interesting evening, but have to hand it to the NCO for working through it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9q7b_2tkMo

NTM

iceage · 20-12-2011 08:49PM

Oh Sheeeet.

iceage · 23-12-2011 10:27PM

Merry Christmas to all here, and wishing an especially peaceful one to the lads and lasses from Kickham out in the Leb, and to all the other's overseas.

whydave · 28-12-2011 01:30PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpVTAmYyPuI

Happy Christmas !!!!

iceage · 31-12-2011 03:15PM

Happy New year and all that jazz.

Roll on 2012.

Manic Moran · 02-01-2012 11:12PM

Quick thinking.

http://www.army.mil/article/71161/Fort_Polk_Soldier_receives_Silver_Star/

Gilboe reached out and grabbed the barrel of the enemy's AK-47 and pulled it toward his chest which was covered by an armor plate. Gilboe said the last thing that ran through his mind before the enemy pulled the trigger was "This is gonna hurt a lot."

The insurgent fired a burst directly into Gilboe's chest plate, knocking the wind out of him and sending shrapnel into his legs. Out of breath and fighting hand-to-hand, Gilboe disarmed the insurgent then hit him in the face several times, stunning him and allowing the assistant gunner time and opportunity to kill him.

SasQuatch88 · 03-01-2012 02:57AM

Fair play to him, some balls.. He deserves the medal..

tac foley · 07-01-2012 12:40PM

whydave wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpVTAmYyPuI

Happy Christmas !!!!

Very hasty shooting there by the tank gunner and the loader may have dropped the shell nose down...Sov/Russian 100mm HE-FRAG ammunition has an instantaneous contact fuze, so that's not a good idea.

Needs more training.

tac

SIRREX · 07-01-2012 11:37PM

tac foley wrote: »

Very hasty shooting there by the tank gunner and the loader may have dropped the shell nose down...Sov/Russian 100mm HE-FRAG ammunition has an instantaneous contact fuze, so that's not a good idea.

Needs more training.

tac

Do the soviet MBT's not have auto-loaders?

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