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

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They must be able to understand complex situations and then communicate their conclusions to decision makers - often under significant pressure.

When triggered by a foot switch multiple stun grenades would fly out in all directions before detonating. It really does have everything you'd expect of the fictional spy-fast car evasive driving, specialised weapons, lethal unarmed combat, superbly skilled burglars trained and employed by her Majesty's armed forces, high-tech bugs and surveillance systems-but all for real. Open Source Intelligence is normally very reactive: responding quickly to incidents and working with other parts of the military and various government departments. Every day was different and you didn't know what was going to happen on the way into work each morning.

Being an Intelligence Analyst means having the moral courage to present facts and analysis under pressure - even if that means telling a Senior Leader that they may be wrong. The local Afghans we were supporting were taking heavy casualties from Taliban Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). In one selection course, out of 1000 applicants, only 17 were ultimately deployed to Northern Ireland.

HACKLES, IRISH AND SCOTTISH BEARS ARE AVAILABLE WITH CAUBEEN'S AND TAM 'O' SHANTERS PLEASE USE DROW DOWN MENU SELECT THE T SHIRT COLOUR FROM THE OPTIONS IN THE DROP. However, none of them are quite like the 14th Intelligence Detachment, 'The Det,' which was formed as part of the British Army Special Forces during a time known as The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The Special Reconnaissance Unit, also known as 14 Intelligence Company, was the successor to the Military Reaction Force (MRF).Eventually we were sure the building was being used by the Taliban to create IEDs, and developed the intelligence to plan a raid. As part of a three-man team, Haw penetrated a Soviet tank gunnery range in East Germany on May Day 1981 and came away with photographs of the interior of a 'shiny sample of the new T-64 Tank': an American operative who later undertook a similar operation for the T-80 Tank was shot deadQueen's Gallantry Medal (24111168 Cpl. According to Ken Connor, 14 Int was organised into 3 detachments, each about the size of an SAS troop, corresponding to three IRA brigade areas. Interim Report on the Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Bombing of Kay's Tavern, Dundalk". Multi-disciplinary Task Groups at DIFC use data and reporting from various sources, together with other advanced technologies, to provide critical information to tactical, operational and strategic decision makers.