The Operators: Inside 14 Intelligence Company - The Army's Top Secret Elite

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Somewhere in the world, there will always be an OPTI using their language and/or technical analysis skills to uncover the enemy's next move. It is tasked with supporting the warfighting Division of the British Army: 3 (UK) Division with its Armoured Infantry and Strike Brigades. Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion is an Army Reserve unit based in the south and has three Companies. No one will ever know for sure the extent of the effect we had, but we know that we probably saved lives and prevented people from being killed or maimed. Military Intelligence Headquarters is based in Upavon, but it also has sub-units in Abingdon and Aldershot (mid 2023).

Green Howards), officially impressed naming on pre-prepared ground; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal (24111168 Cpl. Provides intelligence support to the Brigade Commanders and staff within 1st (UK) Div with a variety of roles and commitments. The statement added that the policy had been not to use former SAS personnel on plain-clothes duties until two or three years after their service with the regiment had ended, but that in the past three months “use has been made of a number of volunteers, whose experience has been acquired only just beforehand. Military Intelligence Battalion is a hybrid Regular/Reserve unit which provides intelligence support to 6th (United Kingdom) Division Headquarters and its two subordinate brigades: 77th Brigade and the Army Special Operations Brigade. By sharing the technology that has grown World of Books Group into the business it is today, we're helping charities increase revenue and reduce waste through re-commerce.Field Survey Troop, Royal Engineers does not appear on the official list of Sapper units in Ulster for the three years mentioned. The SRU operates in Northern Ireland at present under the cover name "Northern Ireland Training and Advisory Teams (Northern Ireland)" - NITAT(NI) - ostensibly the equivalent of genuine NITAT teams in UKLF ( UK Land Forces) and BAOR ( British Army of the Rhine).

You will complete basic training and throughout your career maintain your shooting, fitness, and ability to live and operate in austere conditions. No help was offered to stabilise them after the trauma of blood, booze and brutality across the water.

Although we are one of the smallest parts of the Army, our analysts have a monumental impact on decision making straight out of training. The Special Reconnaissance Unit, also known as the 14 Field Security and Intelligence Company (internally "The Det") was a part of the British Army Intelligence Corps involved in plainclothes operations in Northern Ireland from the 1970s onwards.

For example, the names and places changed include that of an SAS soldier, Al Slater, shot dead by the IRA in Fermanagh in December 1984. Really is comic book stuff and you really are filled with envy and admiration for the entire set-up, it's a far cry from the hackneyed image of hapless British spies infiltrated by Kim Philby and his cohorts. Modern military operations are dependent on the provision of highly accurate and timely intelligence. It was opened to all members of the armed services and both genders, a first for women allowed to become members of a UK Special Forces unit.The modified Q cars driven by 14 Company operators in Northern Ireland had many suprises hidden beneath their seemingly ordinary exteriors. At least one Det operator would ride in the helicopter and follow suspects through the sighting system, usually high up, out of sight or sound of anyone below. These include 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team (7 LMBCT), the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force; 11th Security Force Assistance Brigade, 4th Infantry Brigade, and 8 Engineer Brigade. As it was co-located at Castledillon with an Engineer regiment, a second layer of cover was provided to satisfy soldiers of this regiment.