Specialist Group Information Services (SGIS) (known as the 254 (Specialist Group Information Services) Signal Squadron until 1 March 2019) is a British

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unit which recruits from across the United Kingdom. Currently the headquarters and other elements of its parent unit 13th Signal Regiment are located in

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. SGIS became part of

71 (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment 71st (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment is an Army Reserve regiment in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. The regiment forms part of 11th Signal Brigade, providing military communications for national operations. History Th ...

in 2019, before moving to the recently re-reformed 13 Signal Regiment in July 2020.

Role

As an outcome of the UK Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) of 2010, the Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) consultation paper ''Delivering the Nation’s Security Together'', published in late 2012 explained how the Army Reserve needed to almost double in size to a trained strength of 30,000. Particular emphasis was placed upon the requirement for many more specialists, i.e. reservists who are recruited primarily for their professional expertise and skills which are in short supply in the Regular Army. 254 (SGIS) Signal Squadron provides consultancy-style expertise in relation to both Information Management and Information Exploitation in support of the Army and UK Defence as a whole, with their increasing reliance on technology.

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254 (SGIS) Signal Squadron

15th Signal Regiment (Information Support)
Squadrons of the Royal Corps of Signals Information technology consulting firms of the United Kingdom Army Reserve (United Kingdom) {{UK-mil-unit-stub