No holiday for Reserve Defence Forces

A primary school teacher, a medical student and a stock exchange executive are just some of those getting down-and-dirty at military training camps for the Reserve Defence Forces.

Trooper Alan Connolly, from Ballincollig, works in the stock market and is also a Reserve  Defence Forces officer in training at Kilworth Camp. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Meet the second line of the country's defence and what a diverse and unselfish bunch they are.

Getting down and dirty at a military training camp didn't seem to deter a primary school teacher, a final-year medical student, a stock exchange executive, and a Facebook expert — who flew back from Poland for the gruelling exercises.