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11:57 AM March 12, 2021
Updated:
10:02 PM March 13, 2021
Sergeant Major Richie Hayden, from the Royal Marines Command Company 43 Commando, said a 24-hour marathon in memory of a former colleague has become something really special .
- Credit: Sgt Major Richie Hayden
A Royal Marine taking on a gruelling 24-hour marathon said what started as a run in memory of a former colleague has become “something really special”.
Sergeant Major Richie Hayden of Whittlesey is running 13 miles up and down Beinn a Mhanaich in the Scottish Grampians in honour of Chris Moses, who died in January last year.
Moses was a training and operations officer in the 43 Commando, the same team as Sgt Major Hayden, before retiring from the Royal Marines in 2018 after a 13-year spell.
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Three Kildare Defence Forces members receive top awards
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Three Defence Forces members from Kildare were recognised as Defence Forces Values Champions in a ceremony presided by Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Mark Mellett DSM, in Baldonnel recently.
RSM Philip Hayden, Comdt Michael Cullen and Sgt Paul Halpin were all honoured at the national awards.
Speaking at the event, Vice Admiral Mellett said; We have continued to build on our values as we strive for our vision to ‘Strengthen the Nation by inspiring pride and leading excellence’. Our values of moral courage and physical courage, respect, integrity, loyalty and selflessness serve as a framework for all our professional decision making and actions, but also for everyday life - and that is only right because our values have equal application when we hang up our uniform at the end of the day.