1st Military Intelligence Brigade (United Kingdom)

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1st Military Intelligence Brigade
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Brigade TRF
ActiveBefore 2007–2014
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
BranchFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
TypeMilitary Intelligence Formation
Size Brigade
Part of Headquarters Theatre Troops [1]
Garrison/HQ Chicksands Station
Nickname(s)1 MI Bde
Engagements Operation Telic
Operation Herrick
Website 1 Military Intelligence Brigade

1st Military Intelligence Brigade (1 MI Bde) was a formation of the British Army formed after the Future Army Structure review reform, but in 2014 was absorbed into the new 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade.

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History

After the 2003 Iraq War, code-named Operation Telic by the British Army, a thorough reorganisation of the combat service support forces took place, known as the Future Army Structure. As part of this reorganisation, new 'support brigades' were formed. One of the new formations create was the 1st Military Intelligence Brigade, which commanded the military intelligence and psychological operation troops. Other new formations included the 8th Engineer Brigade and 2nd Medical Brigade. The brigade's mission was "to command troops, and to prepare, deliver & sustain MI (military intelligence) & PSYOPS (Psychological operations) formations in order to conduct land operations in support of Land Command and Defence tasks". [2] [3]

Even though the brigade never deployed, its sub-units did have detachments serve during Operation Telic and Operation Herrick. Under the Army 2020 programme announced in 2010, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance formations were to be grouped together to form a new unit under Force Troops Command. Therefore, by September 2014 the brigade was disbanded and its military intelligence battalions went to form part of 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade, [2] while 15 Psychological Operations Group moved to 77th Brigade. [2]

Organisation

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1 MI Bde Graphic

Brigade organisation was: [2] [4]

Footnotes

  1. "HQ Theatre Troops Organisation". army.mod.uk. Archived from the original on 8 November 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Tanner, pp. 36, 91.
  3. "Mission". 2008-03-13. Archived from the original on 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  4. "Organisation". 2008-03-13. Archived from the original on 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  5. "Int Corps - 3 (V) MI Bn". 2006-01-03. Archived from the original on 2006-01-03. Retrieved 2020-07-12.

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