The Media Operations Group was a nationally recruited, specialist
Army Reserve
A military reserve force is a military organization whose members have military and civilian occupations. They are not normally kept under arms, and their main role is to be available when their military requires additional manpower. Reserve ...
unit and was part of the
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
.
The Media Operations Group engaged in enabling media reporting of operations involving the British Army both nationally and internationally, as well as in training and exercises. It was set up to run press centres, as well as organise press conferences and interviews with the media. Personnel underwent specialist training operate alongside regular units.
Media Operations
Under Army 2020
Army 2020, was the name given to the restructuring of the British Army, in light of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.
Background
The British Government gave an indication of its proposals for the future structure of the Army in ea ...
, the Media Operations Group moved into the Army's newly-formed Security Assistance Group (SAG), ultimately becoming subsumed within the SAG's successor, 77th Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 77th Brigade is a British Army formation, created in January 2015 by renaming the Security Assistance Group which was created under the Army 2020 concept. It is based at Denison Barracks in Hermitage, Berkshire and became operational in Apr ...
, and ceasing to operate as a formed unit.
References
External links
Media Operations Group
Military units and formations of the British Army
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