On this special episode we are in Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel to speak with Corporal Michael Whelan, curator of the Irish Air Corps Museum, who brings us on a tour through 100 years of Irish Military Aviation. Corporal Whelan has served 32 years in the Irish Air Corps and is an expert in its history.

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On this special episode, we speak to Colonel (retd) George Kerton and Colonel (retd) Richard Heaslip about Irish involvement in actions in Elizabethville, Congo, in 1961. This episode focuses specifically on the background to the cessation of the province of Katanga from Congo, the Dilolo Patrol, Operation Rumpunch and Operation Morthar.

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Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the annual Defence Forces Gala Concert from the National Concert Hall Dublin in aid of the Defence Forces Benevolent Fund could not be held this year. Instead we have recorded a special Gala Concert Podcast featuring live archive recordings selected from ten years of the Gala Concert in addition to some new music specially recorded by the Army No. 1 Band and members of Band 2 Brigade. This special episode is hosted by Lieutenant Colonel Mark Armstrong, Director of the Defence Forces School of Music, with an introduction by General Officer Commanding 2 Brigade, Brigadier General Anthony Cudmore.

The running order of musical pieces is as follows:

1.39 The Voice of the Guns - K.J. Alford

5.30 Olympic Fanfare and Theme - J. Williams

9.40 Molly on the Shore - P. Grainger

14.06 The Dauntless Battalion - J. P. Sousa

17.15 Bugler's Holiday - L. Anderson

20.05 Highland Cathedral - U. Roever/M.Korb

23.43 Seventeen come Sunday - R. V. Williams

27.19 The Belle of the Ball - L. Anderson

30.34 Satin Doll - Duke Ellington

34.13 Hooray for Hollywood - N. Iwai

38.59 Radetsky March - J. Strauss

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This episode features Captain Steve Keane, an officer in the Computer Incident Response Team of the Defence Forces Communications and Information Services Corps. Captain Keane gives an overview of the principles of cyber security and cyber security in the Defence Forces.

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On this episode we welcome on the Course Sergeant for the 2021 Army Ranger Wing Special Operations Forces Qualification Course. The Course Sergeant talks about the make up of the ARW SOF-Q Course, and gives some advice on and experience of passing the course and becoming a member of the Army Ranger Wing. For operational security reasons the identity of members of the Army Ranger Wing are not made public.

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This episode features an account of Naval Service participation as part of Operation Pontus in the Mediterranean Sea in response to the migrant crisis between 2015 and 2017. With Captain Kenneth Minihane, Lieutenant Commander Alan Flynn and Warrant Office Sean Duignam.

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In this episode we meet the School Commandant of the Defence Forces Physical Education School, Commandant James Leddingham, Sergeant Jim Maguire, a Physical Training Instructor in the School, former inter-county hurler and four time All-Star Lieutenant Paul Murphy, and Chief Defence Forces Physiotherapist, Eimear Ní Fhallúin, who are talking all things military fitness and sport within the Defence Forces.

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On this episode we welcome on Airman Tadgh Weadick of 302 Squadron in the Irish Air Corps. A qualified winch operator, emergency medical technician and helicopter air crew, he shares his experiences on the job, from training, to working as part of the Emergency Aeromedical Service, to instructing students on the air crew course and beyond.

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On this episode we welcome on Commandant (retired) Miriam McCann, Company Sergeant (retired) Bernadette Kelly and Corporal Paula Dowling, who share their experiences of joining the Defence Forces in the early eighties as woman joined the Defence Forces for the first time.

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On this episode we welcome on Lieutenant (NS) Gary Jordon, project officers for the mid-life refit of the Irish Naval Vessel LÉ Roisín. Lieutenant (NS) Jordan covers the process of extending the life of LÉ Roisín into the next 15 years.

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