The soldiers of Saint Patrick’s Battalion are regarded as national heroes in Mexico and Ireland. M arch 17 is, of course, St.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put an end to cultural awareness events throughout the military. But St. Patrick's Day got a ...

We started by telling the story of El Batallón de San Patricio(“Saint Patrick’s Battalion”), aka the San Patricios, Irish ...

Sources have told The Irish Mirror ... carriers and infantry fighting vehicles – with most of them now expected to be French, including the Griffon and VBCI. The Air Corps is to get 12 new ...

Celebrations saluting an Irish Catholic holiday ... holiday appropriately may serve to build camaraderie and esprit de corps," she added. The distinction was not obvious to everyone.

Dr. Steven E. Anders, a military history expert, will present a lecture titled "War Seen Through the Eyes of Soldier Artists" at the Prince George County Regional Heritage Center on Sunday, March 23 ...

There, he learnt how the British had tackled terrorism and Irish Republican ... He also commanded 129 Infantry Brigade during the 1980s, which meant he was in charge of Siachen when it was a ferocious ...

Indeed as the Irish rebels also discovered ... interment of a black soldier's remains at the Delville Wood site. The coloured Cape Corps served as a battalion of infantry which fought with distinction ...

Two years ago, we wrote in these pages about the sorry state of Irish defense and security that, we have on good authority, ...