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Supply and Services Unit
(SSU)
The Supply and Services
Unit (SSU) supports the Headquarters and Colleges within the DFTC
with administrative, transport, medical, logistic, catering,
maintenance and educational resource services, and supports the
Logistics Base with transport services. The SSU is also responsible
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The SSU is divided into
detachments and sections which carry out the
functions similar to those of a logistics battalion in a Brigade
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Detachments/Sections - Supply and Services Unit
- Personnel Management Section (PMS)
- The PMS section is
dispersed between the unit and colleges of
the DFTC. Routine administration includes all the personnel records such as
leave, medical administration, pay and
discipline.
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- Logistics Group (Logs Gp)
- The Logistics Group (Logs
Gp) consists of a Headquarters (HQ)
and a number of subsections dealing with logistics accountancy
in the SSU and the detachment of Unit accountancy personnel to
each of the the DFTC Colleges. The services provided
are:
Catering Services and Staff
This section provides dining services for the various messes
within the DFTC
Engineer and Barrack Services and Staff.
The role of this section is to maintain all barracks, posts,
ranges and other Department of Defence properties in DFTC and
this includes the Curragh Camp, Coolmoney Camp and the ranges at
the Curragh. The section also covers the provision of barrack
services such as office supplies.
Clothing Service and Staff.
The provision of all military clothing for personnel.
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- Ordnance Detachment
- The Ordnance Detachment
supplies armourers, technical inspection and repair facilities for
weapons in the DFTC. This detachment also provides artificer
support to ensure ongoing operational serviceability to all
artillery and armour.
EOD is also a service provided by the Ordnance detachment.
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- Medical Detachment
- The role of the Medical
Detachment is to provide a primary care service to DF
personnel and dependants. The
detachment also provides medical support for exercises, shoots and summer training camps.
A 24 hour service is supplied which
includes morning and afternoon clinics, annual medical examination
and referral for specialist treatment and vaccinations for
overseas service.
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- Media and Language
- The Media and Language
Centre provides audio visual services, video operators courses,
language courses, instruction in communications and media
techniques.
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- Library & Education
Research
- The Library and Education
Research Centre provides research facilities for all ranks undergoing training courses
either by direct attendance, correspondence or by distance
learning.
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- Transport Company
- The Transport Company (Tpt
Coy) is tasked with providing all transport services to the HQ,
Colleges and Logistics Group in the DFTC.
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- Communications and Information
Service
- The CIS detachment maintains
the Defence Forces telecommunications networks and the
communications centre for the DFTC. It also provides
technical assistance on communications matters to units of the
DFTC. This detachment also provides and maintains all IT hardware
and networking facilities in the DFTC.
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- Simulation Section
- The Simulation Section is
responsible for the provision of a Digital Indoor Range Theatre
(DIRT). The DIRT is a multiple arms trainer system.
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Supply and Service
Frontline Military Units depend greatly on the
Supply and Services Units as their main support artery when they are
in barracks or in the field |
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