The Defence Forces’ overseas commitments saw 906 individual tours of duty performed by members of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps in 2024
In pictures: Irish soldiers carried out 900 tours of duty this year including in world's most dangerous warzones
Some 130 Irish soldiers started the year completing their six month tour of duty in war torn Syria. The Irish company was the quick reaction force for UNDOF, the UN’s mission on the Golan heights to keep the peace between Israel and Syria. But we also have an outpost – called UNP6-52 - that is just yards from the Blue Line and it was at the centre of an international incident in the autumn when Israeli Merkava tanks parked up right outside the front gate.
The Israelis left after a few days – and the Irish stayed. The main camp then sent a resupply mission to the outpost - and commanders later published dramatic photos of the devastation in the Defence Forces area of operations. Back home, figures released by the organisation show that this year the Army carried out some 124 operations to support the civil powers – mostly gardai.
The Defence Forces assisted local authorities in tasks including fire- fighting, flood relief and missing person searches. In 2024, the Naval Service continued to patrol Ireland’s seas. Joint Task Force Operations were carried out with An Garda Síochána and Revenue’s Customs Service to suppress illicit drug trafficking by sea.
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