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December 8th, 2005
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| Optio | Post; Info on Irish Paratroopers -- Help!Can anyone find me some info (links) on the Irish Army Paratroopers? Also to a picture of their jump wings if possible? Any reading info would be great. I need to read this by the end of the night tonight.... so the sooner the better. The only reward is the thanks you'll get from me... Thanks Wrench |
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December 8th, 2005
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| Chief Engineer  |  Try these sites that I googled: http://herbertholeman.com/para/units/ireland.php http://members.tripod.com/~audgen/ir.../irishwing.htm 
__________________ "It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarskopf, Commander of Desert Storm Operations  |
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December 8th, 2005
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| Milforum Moderator | What information are you looking for? The course is similar to BAC in that you need five static jumps, however, it is a parachutist course, not a paratrooper course and is only offered once a year. The Defence Forces course is more akin to a civilian course than a military one, it is classified as "sports." This is because IDF does not have a dedicated Abn unit, the closest they have is the ARW (Army Ranger Wing), whom are all paratroopers as opposed to parachutists. These are the wings (Ice cream cone).  |
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