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

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I braced myself to read the book hoping it would fill the gaps about my time in NI and instead forgot my troubles to enjoy a riveting read.

Detailed information on this unit, which is not now deployed in the Province, is no longer available. April 1974 – Captain Anthony Pollen was shot dead by the IRA in Derry while carrying out undercover surveillance on a demonstration in the Bogside area.Highly trained in skills including lock-picking, advanced weapon handling, covert surveillance and infra-red photography, a typical Opeerator has at his or her disposal an arsenal of techniques and weapons unmatched in any other theatre. I recommend you also read Fishers of Men by Rob Lewis which covers the same subject from an NCO's perspective, Former Soldier Seeks Employment by John Miller and Stakeknife by Martin Ingram (although take the latter with a large pinch of salt) .

Field Survey Troop, Royal Engineers does not appear on the official list of Sapper units in Ulster for the three years mentioned. Probably also doesn't help that the author is an officer who is therefore largely removed from the front line and instead organising operations. ch, by permission of the Centre for Security Studies at ETH Zurich and the National Security Archive at the George Washington University on behalf of the PHP network. We sometimes make mistakes in our spelling, transcription or categorisation, or miss information out of our records.pdf National Archives PREM 16/154 Defensive Brief D Meeting between the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach 5 April 1974 Army Plain Clothes Patrols in Northern Ireland. rounds, the PPK lacked the stopping power of the Browning HP, but its concealability made it more suitable for use when wearing certain outfits. The Det was set up in 1973 after it was decided to establish a dedicated force of highly-trained plain-clothes surveillance operatives for Northern Ireland operations.

According to his colleague, the two IRA members fell to the ground and were still alive, but he killed them as, in his opinion, they still constituted a threat. It's two Officers Commanding in my time were both infantry officers currently serving in 22 SAS Regiment, the second of these was Captain Julian (Tony) Ball, KOSB. GALLERY FOR THIS REGIMENT 14 Intelligence Company Kit Bag Please use drop down boxes to select colour.

Firstly we recruit and train Military Intelligence soldiers and officers so that they are ready to deploy on operations. Cloth "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. Military Intelligence Headquarters is based in Upavon, but it also has sub-units in Abingdon and Aldershot (mid 2023).