Navy recruits aim for future

RELATIVES and friends watched proudly yesterday as 18 recruits took centre stage at a passing out parade in the Irish Naval base at Haulbowline, Co Cork.

Navy recruits aim for future

For the 18 ordinary seamen from the recruitment class, Alpha 07, it represented the culmination of 14 weeks intensive training.

During training they had to complete courses in marksmanship, foot and arms drills, ship fire fighting, damage control and sea survival techniques.

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