{"id":235,"date":"2021-01-30T13:01:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T13:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/?p=235"},"modified":"2021-01-30T13:03:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T13:03:29","slug":"veterans-commissioner-crest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/holding\/veterans-commissioner-crest\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Commissioner Crest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nivco_icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nivco_icon.png 512w, https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nivco_icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nivco_icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Danny Kinahan\u2019s appointment as Northern Ireland\u2019s first Veterans Commissioner, work has been ongoing to establish the Commissioner\u2019s Office and team which is based at Stormont House in east Belfast. A new crest was designed and produced as part of this activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Danny Kinahan said: \u201cWhen you look at the crest, you see the crossed swords that represent the Army, the anchor that symbolises the Royal Navy and the eagle for the Royal Air Force.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe crown represents Her Majesty the Queen, who as Sovereign, is Head of the Armed Forces and the shamrock references the Irish Regiments that serve and have served with great honour and distinction across the world in many conflicts. The poppy flower evokes remembrance and the use of green, blue and red reflects the colours of the Royal Irish Regiment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is important that all the elements of the Armed Forces are represented in the crest or \u2018brand\u2019 of the Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner\u2019s Office. I am pleased that they all came together so well and in a way where one complements the other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Danny Kinahan\u2019s appointment as Northern Ireland\u2019s first Veterans Commissioner, work has been ongoing to establish the Commissioner\u2019s Office and team which is based at Stormont House in east Belfast. A new crest was designed and produced as part of this activity. Danny Kinahan said: \u201cWhen you look at the crest, you see the crossed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/holding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/holding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/holding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/holding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/holding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/holding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237,"href":"https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/holding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/holding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/holding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aftercareservice.org\/holding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}