Complex sentence: His first posting was as a platoon commander in the Recruit Training Depot at the Curragh and in 1969 he was appointed an Instructor at the Army School of Physical Culture (ASPC).
Split into simpler sentences: His first posting was as a platoon commander in the Recruit Training Depot at the Curragh. In 1969 he was appointed an Instructor at the Army School of Physical Culture (ASPC).