1st Military Intelligence Brigade (1 MI Bde) was a formation of the

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formed after the Future Army Structure review reform, but in 2014 was absorbed into the new

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History

After the 2003 Iraq War, code-named Operation Telic by the

, 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".Tanner, pp. 36, 91. Even though the brigade never deployed, its sub-units did have detachments serve during Operation Telic and

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. Under the Army 2020 programme announced in 2010, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance formations were to be grouped together to form a new unit under

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. Therefore, by September 2014 the brigade was disbanded and its military intelligence battalions went to form part of

, while 15 Psychological Operations Group moved to 77th Brigade.

Organisation

Brigade organisation was: * Headquarters 1st Military Intelligence Brigade, at Chicksands Station ** 1st Military Intelligence Battalion, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen,

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(supporting 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division) ** 2nd Military Intelligence Battalion, at AAC Netheravon (Intelligence Exploitation) ** 3rd Military Intelligence Battalion (TA), HQ in

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(supporting HQ ARRC,

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, and

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) ** 4th Military Intelligence Battalion, at Ward Barracks,

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(supporting

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) ** 5th Military Intelligence Battalion (TA), HQ in

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– formed on 1 April 2008 ** 15 Psychological Operations Group, at Chicksands Station (Joint Tri-Services)

Footnotes

References

* {{Cite book, last=Tanner, first=James, title=The British Army since 2000, publisher=Osprey Publishing, year=2014, isbn=978-1782005933, location=Oxford, United Kingdom, oclc=944154544 Military units and formations disestablished in 2014 Military intelligence units and formations of the United Kingdom Brigades of the British Army Military units and formations established in 2003 British Army Landmark programme