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

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Harry provides accounts of numerous shootings and operations from perspectives that have never appeared in the public domain before. The demanding disciplines of surveillance - from hiding in ditches or attics, to following on foot, to surveillance from vehicles - were all taught. The ability to observe, follow and communicate over the radio network, all covertly, were ingrained in the operators. August 1974 – Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade IRA volunteer Martin Skillen was shot dead by soldiers manning a British Army undercover post in Clonard cinema along the Falls Road. [11] Includes new insights into the mysterious killing of Captain Robert Nairac, a Det Military Intelligence Liaison Officer who was abducted from a pub and murdered after pretending to be a member of the IRA.

On 1 February 1985 the corps was officially declared an 'Arm' (combat support) instead of a 'Service' (rear support). [8] Corps traditions [ edit ]Candidates showed up with just two warm-weather fatigues, a set of civvies, and PT gear. They’re allowed to keep their watches (so the DS could mess with their sense of time). It seems that the 14th Int was not the only cover name for the SRU. According to the same briefing: Falconer, Duncan (2001). First into Action: Dramatic Personal Account of Life Inside the SBS. London: Warner. ISBN 9780751531657. David A. Charters, Counter-insurgency Intelligence: The Evolution of British Theory and Practice, The Journal of Conflict Studies, Volume 29 (2009). Photography is a vital skill and the candidates first learnt the basics then moved onto advanced nighttime Infra-red photography. They also learnt how to conceal still and video cameras in their clothing and in cars.

It soon became apparent that its cover was blown and the group of people running it were so out of control that it had to be disbanded at once. Without reference to each other, we all produced the same recommendation: it's been a useful tool, but it's well past it's sell-by date. Get rid of it, acquire the needed skills, then reform it in a different guise. The result was 14 Int - the Fourteenth Intelligence Company. [3] Roger Absalom (2005) Allied escapers and the contadini in occupied Italy (1943 – 5), Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 10:4, 413-425, DOI: 10.1080/13545710500314603 Information regarding Companies and sub-units of the Royal Military Police and Intelligence Corps under Army 2020" (PDF). Publishing Service, United Kingdom Government. 12 June 2015 . Retrieved 9 March 2021. Stuart, Mark Muller, Storm in the Desert: Britain's Intervention in Libya and the Arab Spring, Birlinn Ltd, 2017, ISBN 1780274521, ISBN 978-1780274522 The chosen option was to shoot the messenger; or in this case at least to suppress the message. In the Irish war, truth is not just the first casualty. It promises to be the last and most permanent one also.

Ken Livingstone,Member for Brent East (7 July 1987). "Northern Ireland Act 1974". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. col.231–237. With around 120 operators, both men and women, from all branches of the military, it split into four detachments, the Dets, each with its slice of the province’s toughest areas: Antrim, Londonderry, Belfast, and Newry. Northern Ireland. The 14 Int’s four bases were dispersed throughout the province (Wikimedia.org).

http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/northern-ireland/item/5583-the-long-shadow-of-the-military-reaction-force Personnel retain the uniforms of their parent organisations with the addition of an "emerald grey" coloured beret and the SRR cap badge. UKSF units display the mythical sword Excalibur on their cap badges, in the case of the SRR behind a Corinthian helmet and with a scroll inscribed RECONNAISSANCE. [12] The stable belt of the SRR is similar in style to that of the SAS, but is a darker midnight blue. [32] See also [ edit ] Friel, Laura (6 January 2000). "The killing of John Francis Green". An Phoblacht . Retrieved 15 April 2015.The modified Q cars driven by 14 Company operators in Northern Ireland had many suprises hidden beneath their seemingly ordinary exteriors. The Special Reconnaissance Regiment ( SRR) is a tier 1 [7] special reconnaissance unit of the British Army. It was established on 6 April 2005 and is part of the United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF). [1] March – During a gun battle between the SAS and IRA, in a field near Maghera, the IRA unit shot dead SAS Lance-Corporal David Jones and injured another soldier, the SAS shot and badly injured the IRA Commander for their South Derry Brigade and future hunger striker, Francis Hughes who was arrested after the gun battle. August 1978: Lance Corporal Alan Swift was shot dead while undercover in the Bogside area of Derry City. Two IRA members fired into the corporal's car with automatic rifles.

These painstaking intelligence gathering efforts often led to the arrest of terrorists by the RUC as well as discoveries of weapons caches. Taylor, Steven (30 June 2018). Air War Northern Ireland: Britain's Air Arms and the 'Bandit Country' of South Armagh, Operation Banner 1969–2007. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-5267-2155-6.

New special force targets terror". www.scotsman.com. 6 April 2005 . Retrieved 27 September 2022. the new 300 to 400-strong regiment Intelligence Company was to be selected and trained by a specially setup training wing of 22 SAS. Additionally, SAS officers would form the unit's command. In 1973, 3 Detachments, or 'Dets' were setup, each within its own sector of Northern Ireland". [1] [2] SAS assessment of foundation of 14th Int Those still standing after the eight weeks of Camp One, assembled into a lecture room. A DS called numbers. Those who heard theirs left the room, never to be seen again. a b Recorded interview with Captain “C.M.” (Rtd) of the Combined Allied Intelligence Corps (1941–1946) at Sliema, Malta on 7 November 2012 Throughout the Cold War, Intelligence Corps officers and NCOs (with changed insignia) were posted behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany, to join in the intelligence-gathering activities of the British Commanders'-in-Chief Mission to the Soviet Forces in Germany ( Brixmis). [11] Northern Ireland [ edit ]