Adley Vahue
Adley Vahue is 36 years old and from San Antonio, Texas. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in linguistics from Excelsior College. He is currently a post-baccalaureate student and working on his second Bachelor s degree in Psychology at Baylor University. Adley spent a total of 13 years in the United States Air Force and served four combat tours in Afghanistan and the Middle East. His primary duties included translating communications and analyzing intelligence aboard United States Air Force Special Operations aircraft. Adley is highly dedicated and committed to earning his second degree and hopes to give back to the community by becoming a clinical psychologist. What Adley values most is face-to-face interactions with his peers and being able to provide them with mentorship, guidance, and support.
Defence forces at Dublin s famous Poolbeg station
Amid dense smoke from smoke bombs, what sounded like real-life gunfire from blank ammunition rang out in the area for several hours yesterday morning as 41 soldiers ranging in age from 21 to 37 took part in the exercise, using what the military terms a “3D battleground in an urban setting”.
The exercise is designed to train army privates from the 2 Brigade Training Centre at Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines to move up to the next rank to corporal as part of a Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) training course, explained military spokesman Capt Risteard Byrne.
If successful, they could be deployed as peacekeepers in hotspots like Syria where they would go on to lead others in peacekeeping operations overseas, he said.