15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group - Revision history

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 [[Image:15pogweb.jpg|thumb|right|700px|UK 15 Psyops Unit logo from the Internet Archive version of the MoD website [http://web.archive.org/web/20060728161217/http://www.army.mod.uk/15psyops/ http://www.army.mod.uk/15psyops/] dated 28 July 2006 retrieved from the Internet Archive on 13 November 2009]]
-{{Template:Propaganda badge}}
+{{Template:Propaganda badge}}[[Image:15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group 1258121764936.png|right|thumb|500px|Screengrab of the UK 15 Psyops Unit webpage from the Internet Archive version of the MoD website [http://web.archive.org/web/20060728161217/http://www.army.mod.uk/15psyops/ http://www.army.mod.uk/15psyops/] dated 28 July 2006 retrieved from the Internet Archive on 13 November 2009.]]
 [[Image:Psyops Groupshot05.jpg|right|thumb|400px|UK 15 Psyops Unit photo from the Internet Archive version of the MoD website [http://web.archive.org/web/20060728161217/http://www.army.mod.uk/15psyops/ http://www.army.mod.uk/15psyops/] dated 28 July 2006 retrieved from the Internet Archive on 13 November 2009]]
-The 15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group is a Territorial Army support Group for the British Army specialising in psyops or [[Psychological Operations]]. It is a Land unit under the administrative command of [[1 Military Intelligence Bde]].<ref>Ministry of Defence [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28411813/British-Army-Field-Manual-Counterinsurgency-2009?in_collection=2383030 British Army Field Manual Volume 1 Part 10 Countering Insurgency] Army Code 71876, October 2009, Chapter 6 p. 9</ref> and was set up in 1998. It is based in [[Chicksands]], Bedfordshire at the [[Defence Intelligence and Security Centre]].
+The 15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group is a Territorial Army support Group for the British Army specialising in psyops or [[Psychological Operations]]. It is a Land unit under the administrative command of [[1 Military Intelligence Bde]]<ref>Ministry of Defence [http://www.scribd.com/doc/28411813/British-Army-Field-Manual-Counterinsurgency-2009?in_collection=2383030 British Army Field Manual Volume 1 Part 10 Countering Insurgency] Army Code 71876, October 2009, Chapter 6 p. 9</ref> and was set up in 1998. It is based in [[Chicksands]], Bedfordshire at the [[Defence Intelligence and Security Centre]].
 ==History==

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 The 15 Psyops account of their activities in the 1990-1 Gulf War ([[Operation Granby]]) claims:
-:In response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, a coalition of national forces was assembled to provide a framework for the conduct of PSYOPS.
+:In response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, a coalition of national forces was assembled to provide a framework for the conduct of [[PSYOPS]].
-:PSYOPS activities were: Counter-propaganda, Iraq set up several radio stations, 'Voice of Peace', also known as 'Baghdad Betty' broadcast to Arab coalition forces in Saudi Arabia, although had limited impact, as sound and content quality were poor. Leaflets, winning early air supremacy enabled extensive leaflet distribution by air, totalling 29 million leaflets dropped during the conflict and included encouragement to desert and instruction for surrender. PSYOPS and deception, leaflets were also dropped with information to aid strategic deception and led Iraq to falsely believe that there would be a marine assault east of Kuwait. Allied use of radio, A coalition PSYOPS radio station, 'Voice of the Gulf' – supplemented the leaflet campaign and broadcast messages to particular enemy formations. Loudspeakers, US troops deployed loudspeaker teams, who negotiated surrender, withdrawals of enemy formations, assisted in PW control and rounded up stragglers.
+:PSYOPS activities were: [[Counter-Propaganda]], Iraq set up several radio stations, 'Voice of Peace', also known as 'Baghdad Betty' broadcast to Arab coalition forces in Saudi Arabia, although had limited impact, as sound and content quality were poor. Leaflets, winning early air supremacy enabled extensive leaflet distribution by air, totalling 29 million leaflets dropped during the conflict and included encouragement to desert and instruction for surrender. PSYOPS and deception, leaflets were also dropped with information to aid strategic deception and led Iraq to falsely believe that there would be a marine assault east of Kuwait. Allied use of radio, A coalition PSYOPS radio station, 'Voice of the Gulf' – supplemented the leaflet campaign and broadcast messages to particular enemy formations. Loudspeakers, US troops deployed loudspeaker teams, who negotiated surrender, withdrawals of enemy formations, assisted in PW control and rounded up stragglers.
 :It was discovered that up to 40% of all surrenders, defections and desertions could be attributed in some degree to coalition PSYOPS activity. This success, led the UK to recreate a permanent capability, which was eventually established in the form of 15 (UK) PSYOPS Group in 1998.<ref>The original URL 'History - British PSYOPS' was at http://www.army.mod.uk/15psyops/history_british_psyops.htm.  It was last accessed in January 2007.A version can be accessed at MoD [http://web.archive.org/web/20060728095044/http://www.army.mod.uk/15psyops/history_british_psyops.htm History - British PSYOPS] in the Internet Archive of 28 July 2006, accessed 13 November 2009</ref>

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 *http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/psychological-ops-group
 *http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmdfence/57/5718.htm
-*http://www.davidsmail.freeuk.com/harper.htm
+*Dave Harper [https://web.archive.org/web/20040430232203/http://www.davidsmail.freeuk.com/harper.htm Psychology and the ‘War on Terror’] ''Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy'', 2004, 4, March. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 30 April 2004.
 *[[Stephen Jolly]], Visiting Fellow in Psychological Warfare, ICSA [http://web.archive.org/web/20010108170000/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/orgs/icsa/Old/jolly-stag.html Wearing the Stag's Head Badge: British Combat Propaganda Since 1945] ''Falling Leaf: The Journal of the Psywar Society'' 172 (March 2001).
 *Jon Kelly  [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7464430.stm The secret world of 'psy-ops'] ''BBC News'', last updated at 04:15 GMT, Friday, 20 June 2008 05:15 UK

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 *Major [[Nigel Smith]], circa 2002/3<ref>Sam Gardiner (2003) Truth from These Podia: Summary of a Study of Strategic Influence, Perception Management, Strategic Information Warfare and Strategic Psychological Operations in Gulf II, October 8, 2003. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/documents/truth.pdf</ref>
 *Lt Col [[Jim Suggit]], Commanding Officer, circa 2008.<ref>15 (United Kingdom) Psychological Operations Group
-[http://www.spinprofiles.org/images/1/16/15POG_Annual_Report_2008.pdf Annual Report 2007/08], Chicksands, MoD</ref>
+[http://www.powerbase.info/images/1/16/15POG_Annual_Report_2008.pdf Annual Report 2007/08], Chicksands, MoD</ref>
 *Commander [[Steve Tatham]] - Commanding Officer 2010-2012.

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 *Lt Col [[Jim Suggit]], Commanding Officer, circa 2008.<ref>15 (United Kingdom) Psychological Operations Group
 [http://www.spinprofiles.org/images/1/16/15POG_Annual_Report_2008.pdf Annual Report 2007/08], Chicksands, MoD</ref>
 ==External links==

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 [[Image:15pogweb.jpg|thumb|right|700px|UK 15 Psyops Unit logo from the Internet Archive version of the MoD website [http://web.archive.org/web/20060728161217/http://www.army.mod.uk/15psyops/ http://www.army.mod.uk/15psyops/] dated 28 July 2006 retrieved from the Internet Archive on 13 November 2009]]
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 ==Notes==
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+[[Category:Propaganda]]
 [[Category:British Propaganda]]
-[[Category:Psychological Warfare]][[Category:British Military Intelligence]]
+[[Category:Psychological Warfare]]