the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve was reduced from its previous establishment of 9,692 personnel to 4,069 personnel. This will be achieved through natural turnover. Implementation of the new organisational structures will require participation and flexibility from existing Reserve personnel. The Naval Service Reserve will consist of 200 personnel and be based in four locations. The number of Army personnel available to work full-time with the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve is being reduced from the current 261 Army personnel to 57 full-time Army personnel. Additional support will be provided from Army units. Implementation of the re-organisation, including regulatory provision for the new Reserve organisation, will be progressed in tandem with the broader re-organisation of the Army. As with the Army, there will be an implementation process to achieve the transition from current structures to the new structures. In the intervening period, the military authorities will ensure the continuity of Reserve training. The representative body for all ranks of the RDF is the Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association (RDFRA). Earlier reserve forces: LSF, LDF, FCA During The Emergency (Second World War), the civilian reserve was known as the Local Security Force, then as the Local Defence Force, which subsequently became translated into Irish as An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúl (or FCA). The FCA persisted as such until 2005 until reorganised and renamed as above. Current tasks The roles of the Reserve are those assigned to the Defence Forces: Defence against armed aggression Aid to the Civil Power (ATCP) Participation in Peace Support Operations Fishery Protection Other duties which may be assigned by Government. Tasks are assigned to the Reserve to support the Defence Forces in fulfilling its roles. These include; Augmentation/reinforcement of the PDF. Provision of logistic support. Provision of armed escorts. Guard duty. Augmentation of Naval Service on fishery protection patrols and overseas visits. Port security, sighting reports, information-gathering. Staffing of Military Posts during periods of PDF deployment. Radiological Monitoring. Ceremonial duties at national and local events. As well as to augment the Permanent Defence Forces in times of crisis or emergency, where Reservists are liable to be called up on permanent service within the state or outside it by the Minister for Defence or Government of Ireland in accordance with the Defence Acts. Naval Service Reserve personnel were deployed on naval vessels in order to assist in Ireland's response to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in early 2020,