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On Wednesday the 11th of March 2020 Force Reserve Company 60 Inf Gp Irish Contingent UNDOF held its Medal Parade in Camp Faouar UNDOF HQ. The ceremony was officiated by Lt Col Oliver Dwyer Officer Commanding FRC 60 Inf Gp UNDOF . The guests of honour to the ceremoney where Brig Gen M O Brien A/FC…

On Saturday the 4th April 2020 Irish Contingent FRC UNDOF rotated through Dasmascus International Airport in Syria. The significance about this rotation was the last time a major Troop rotation occured through Damascus International Airport happened in 2011. The rotation of the FRC was months in…

On 24th JAN 20, Chief of Staff Col Martin Alvarez, UNDOF visited NEPCON AOR, Sector North. He was accompanied by UNDOF-SSO-COPS Lt Col Jayendra K.C. and MA TO COS Capt Conrado Martinez. During the visit, visitors were welcomed by NEPCON CO Lt Col Madan Neupane and NEPCON Operation Officer Maj Ajay…

After the deployment of NEPCON VIII in SECTOR NORTH different training activities were conducted to enhance the professionalism of the troops as per new terrain and weather condition that was different from the home nation. With these professional skill trainings in the actual terrain and weather…

On Monday the 18th of May 2020 the A/FC Brig Gen M O Brien visited Posn 80 as the guest of honour for the celebration of Uruguayan Army Day. The day was also an opertunity for Officer Commanding UMIC Lt Col Ramon Ramirez to show the A/FC the hard work carried out by UMIC in order to modernise Posn…

Training is an integral part of self and team development, even more so during UN deployments, such that the medical and surgical teams are ready for active phase duties. The Level One plus Hospital has since its inception, placed training among it's core values. As such, these are the trainings…

COVID-19 is a viral disease, designated as Coronavirus Disease 2019. A highly infectious illness, it is associated with multiple issues in the human organ system with a primary focus in the lungs. In February 2020, COVID-19 was declared as a "Pandemic" by WHO. With direction from the mission…

On friday the 8th of May 30 Staff Officers from UNDOF HQ recieved their UNDOF Medal. The guest of honour was A/FC Brig Gen M O Brien. Also present at the ceramoney was Chief of Staff Col M Alverez and CMS Mr B Lee. The following contries were represented on parade, India, Butan, Nepal, Fiji, Czech…

The INDCON Medal Day Parade for the 2 nd Rotation INDCON, LOGCOY was held on 29 th May 2020 in Camp Faouar UNDOF HQ. The parade was commanded by Maj Mohit Jatain, SM** with a total strength of three Officers, three WOs and 25 Other Ranks. The Chief Guest for the ceremony was Brig Gen Maureen O’Brien…

From Saturday the 6th June to Sunday 7th June 2020 FRC Specialist Engineer Search Units conducted a comprehensive search and clearance operation on UNP 60. This is the first Search operation conducted by the new Irish Contingent 61st Inf Gp Irish Defence Forces since deploying to UNDOF and it was a…

On Friday the 29th of May the 9 members of the Ghana Close Protection Unit were awarded their UNDOF Medals. The Unit is almost at the end of its mission here in UNDOF and will return to Ghana almost spending 3 years in here in UNDOF. The Unit is responsible for the Protection of the Force Commander.

UNDOF has been privilaged over the last number of weeks to have been able to hear the experiences of two incredable men who were willing to share life changeing experiences. On Sunday the 31st of May our Uruaguyian collagues arranged a VTC presentation with Dr Robert Canessa. Dr Canessa gave a very…