European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ireland is one of the few countries in the world today which maintains Al Volunteer defense broken Down into Navy and air ire lands defense Force totals less than 1wjo sailors and including an officer corps of fewer than whatever Ireland armed forces May Lark in is More than made up in Gen eral training and on the unit up to battalion the Irish army is As Pood As according to col Jack military attache in operating on limited budget of approximately million which represents 6 per cent of the National in Ireland armed forces have the clearcut objective of resisting aggression from All in with the size of their defense the Irish have made a specially of the Small unit such us Squadron and grouped under brigade of the three the major personnel strength is in the the Irish Soldier uses equipment Pur chased on the open since the coun try pays its own defense Bill and supports no tit Unitson or Allied sgt Michael 27l is a typical representative of the career Soldier in ire lands and the father of Throe Sullivan lives with his fam ily in government quarters at car rage located in Ireland famous horse raising Region of he pays approximately 80 cents a week for his an instructor in gunnery and com Sullivan has a genuine liking for service i have been in the army for the past nine years and have enjoyed every min Ute of while we dont travel As much by Brendan staff writer photos by Lloyd Burguss As some of the armies of the the work is interesting and the Irish service Man has earned an honoured place in the he 1 plan to go Lor at least 21 years for the Irish soldiers duty Day starts at 9 am and ends at since Ireland is a bilingual All official documents Are printed in both Irish and the two language system extends into the services and sullivans initial command in addressing his men is Aire meaning at Tention Field training in the Irish army is Basic ally patterned after French army proce while classroom routine follows the american plan of troop in a typical Sullivan might have classes in communications in the fore followed by afternoon sessions in which he would teach tank using the Churchill tanks with which the Irish army is he might spend the afternoon instruction periods initiating his charges into the mysteries of French mor tars or swedish sub machine apart from a few items of communications equip Materiel is not used in the Irish armed counting family Sullivan receives approximately a month for his by his own reckoning As a 21 he still has 11 years left in which to Progress through four additional pay grades to the rank of ser Geant which is the Topmost of 17 enlisted grades in the Irish Ireland defense Force still has a sprinkling of senior officers saw action As guerrilla fighters in the old Irish Republican one is it col Paddy who led the county Clare Ira column in Ireland War of Independence from 1918 to currently the executive officer of the Curranh training he counts 40 years serv including the three years up to 1922 before the Irish army formally came into Hassett qualified As a Pilot in Ireland air Force As Long ago As the country first overseas military Mission went to the in some of the officers in that group completed the command and general staff course at leaven while others completed Standard courses at Silt and returning to these officers were entrusted with the task of setting up a military education system for the defense a direct result of their Effort is the military College in Pearse Barracks at the Curranh graduates of which Are now moving into top service under command of col Sean Mac the military College comprises command and and infantry and Cadet in it is a Minia Ture combination of West it Leavenworth and it All classes Are necessarily with Cadet classes ranging from 12 to cadets Are enrolled for a two year course leading to a commission As a second lieutenant or in and after graduation they Are required to return to the College for advanced at the College and in the Field with the every possible training Aid is pm including discussions and Sandbox a member of the United nations since Ireland is represented on the in observer team in Lebanon by five of although the country has so far declined to become a member of the North Atlantic treaty Ift Bat if col commandant of Irish command and staff 1958 the Irish army is equipped with Churchill apart from some signal Materiel not the stars and stripes 13