This is a genuine recruitment ad for the Irish Defence Forces 😂

This is a genuine recruitment ad for the Irish Defence Forces 😂 from ireland

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  19. Many of my former colleagues are very pissed off with the ad.

    They are desperate to get people in but this is ridiculous! They are 2 high profile influencers with NO ties to the organisation. It just makes no sense and I don’t know how it would get anybody G’d up to join the DF

    I’ve heard the number 20k being thrown around (I dunno if that was a single fee or did they get 20k each).

    I’ve nothing against those 2 lads, incredibly athletic and skilled people!

    It’s just…… we are a military! We don’t do irish dancing! There is a retention crisis and the PR Team and leadership are FUCKING UP SPECTACULARLY!!!

    If I had seen this 20 years ago, I would have joined the Royal Irish and gave the DF the 🖕.

    The PR Team and the General who thought this was a good idea should hang their head in shame.

    EDIT: To be clear, I like the Gardiner Brothers, I just don’t like the ad and I despise the people who thought doing this was a good idea.

  20. Does the army provide everyone with dance-mat and shoes or do you have to provide your own?

    If they provide them, when you leave the army do you get to take them home or is it too dangerous?

    If the enemy has nicer mats and shoes is taking them from defeated combatants frowned upon either as a war-crime or simply not patriotic?

  22. I don’t know who these guys are, but if I was still in uniform, I’d be mortified by the association.

    Whoever came up with the concept, and those that greenlit it should be demoted.

    Now if the 2 lads were in CBRN gear, actually it would still be shite but at least they would have suffered.

    This makes no sense.

  23. Someone actually got paid for this. They got paid real money for thinking of and producing this monstrosity.

    They probably also make fair city.

  24. Who the fuk thought this was in anyway worth showing to the public! Never mind use as a fecking advertisement.

    Two armoured cars driving into a field, while too gimps dance infront of smoke machines, its more like an add for Leisure-plex

    Take all the equipment and send it to Ukraine, its of no use here ffs 😑

  26. “Here, how do we get young lads interested in joining the army?”

    “How about an ad?”

    “We’ve tried that, it never works.”

    “Yeah but this time we put the ad on tickey tick. All the young lads live tickey tock.”

    “That just might work. Here’s the money, you go make it.”

    “No bother.”

    “Hey, stick a couple of sexy dancers in it. Lads love sexy dancers.”

    “I know just the pair.”

  31. “Sarge it’s been months, shouldn’t we at least do some rifle training?”

    “Stow that chatter private! If you don’t learn to seamlessly transition from a treble reel to a slip jig you’re as good as dead in a real world scenario…NOW DANCE!!! One, two…tap, tap, tap”

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