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Reserve Defence Forces
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<p>The Reserve Defence Forces (RDF) (<a href="/facts/Irish_language/Kw97s2l4">Irish</a>: <i>Na hÓglaigh Cúltaca</i>) are the combined <a href="/facts/Military_reserve_force/9Tp233t2">reserve</a> components of the <a href="/facts/Defence_Forces_(Ireland)/7dxQBfa5">Irish Defence Forces</a>. The RDF is organised into the First Line Reserve (FLR) and an active Second Line Reserve. The First Line Reserve is composed of former members of the Permanent Defence Forces (PDF) and, as of August 2024, had a strength of 167. The Second Line Reserve comprises the <a href="/facts/Army_Reserve_(Ireland)/N2gUbVIB">Army Reserve</a> (AR) with, as of August 2024, a strength of 1,456 out of an established strength of 3,869, and the <a href="/facts/Naval_Service_Reserve/f3uqRtfb">Naval Service Reserve</a> (NSR), with a strength of 97 out of an established strength of 200. </p><p>The RDF was established on 1 October 2005 and replaced the Second Line Reserve, previously named <i>An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil</i> (FCÁ) in the case of the AR, and <i>An Slua Muirí</i> in the case of the NSR. The Reserve has undergone significant reorganisation and modernisation in tandem with the Permanent Defence Forces as part of the "Single Force" concept. </p>