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*[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/454340/20150804-FOI_06753_75478_77_Bde_Pleyer_org.pdf HQ Structure of the 77th Brigade], FoI disclosure, 4 August 2015. | *[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/454340/20150804-FOI_06753_75478_77_Bde_Pleyer_org.pdf HQ Structure of the 77th Brigade], FoI disclosure, 4 August 2015. | ||
*[https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/390019/response/980706/attach/3/20170518%20Rev%20Dehaye%2077%20Brigade%20rev%20response.pdf Ministry of Defence FoI disclosure to Mr P Dehaye] FOI2017/02264 ISS/3/18/1 /248 | *[https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/390019/response/980706/attach/3/20170518%20Rev%20Dehaye%2077%20Brigade%20rev%20response.pdf Ministry of Defence FoI disclosure to Mr P Dehaye] FOI2017/02264 ISS/3/18/1 /248 | ||
| − | + | *[http://powerbase.info/images/0/02/David_Miller_2018-06239.pdf Establishment/complement of staff in the communication related units] FoI disclosure to Prof David Miller Our Ref: FOI2018/06239 6 June 2018. | |
| − | *[ Establishment/complement of staff in the communication related units] FoI disclosure to Prof David Miller Our Ref: FOI2018/06239 6 June 2018. | ||
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Revision as of 10:46, 13 December 2018
Organisations
Propaganda and information control
Current
7644 (Media operations) Squadron | British Forces Broadcasting Service D-Notice Committee | Joint Information Activities Group (JIAG) | Directorate of Defence Communications | 77th Brigade | Military Strategic Effects
Past
15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group[1] | | Defence Media Operations Centre | Directorate of Targeting and Information Operations | The Green Book [2] | Information Policy | Intelligence and Information Operations Capability Programme[3] | Media Operations - Joint Doctrine Publication 3-45.1 | Media Operations Group (V) | Services Sound and Vision Corporation | Directorate General Media and Communications | Security Assistance Group | Targeting and Information Operations
Regiments and units
- Army Doctrine Committee | Special Air Service | Special Boat Service | Defence Intelligence and Security Centre | Intelligence Corps | Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre | Land Warfare Centre | Defence Cultural Specialist Unit | Directorate of Defence Security | Defence and Overseas Policy (Official) Committee (Ancillary Measures) or DOPO(AM) - a committee responsible for the 'formulation of policy and overall strategy' in relation to 'Strategic Psyops' (circa 1973) |
Educational centres
Defence Academy of the United Kingdom | Royal College of Defence Studies | Joint Services Command and Staff College | Research & Assessment Branch | Conflict Studies Research Centre | Advanced Research and Assessment Group |
Agencies
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | Defence Evaluation and Research Agency | Army Base Repair Organisation (ABRO) Merged with DARA to become DSG (Defence Support Group) | Allenby Connaught Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (AWAC) Career Transition Partnership Corporate Business Modelling Language (CBML) Directorate of Aviation Regulation & Safety (DARS) Development, Concepts & Doctrine Centre (DCDC) Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS) Defence Medical Services (DMS) Defence Support Group Formed of ABRO and DARA who merged on 1st April 2008 | Directorate of Reserve Forces & Cadets (DRFC) Defence Scientific Advisory Council (DSAC) Directorate of Safety and Claims (DSC) Defence Training Review Rationalisation Integrated Project Team (DTR IPT) Defence Vetting Agency (DVA) Information Coherence Authority for Defence (ICAD) MOD Partnering Support Group (MOD PSG) MOD Art Collection MOD Medal Office Ministry of Defence Police & Guarding Agency (MDPGA) Network Enabled Capability (NEC) People Pay and Pensions Agency (PPPA) Private Finance Unit (PFU) Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA) Science Innovation Technology (SIT) Veterans Policy Unit (VPU) Whole Fleet Management IPT (WFM IPT)[4]
Issues, operations and concepts
- COIN | Operation Telic |
Weapons and materials
People
Ministers
- Michael Fallon - Secretary of State for Defence
- Harriett Baldwin - Minister of State for Defence Procurement
- Mark Lancaster - Minister of State for the Armed Forces, appointed 13 June 2017, previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence Personnel and Veterans from 12 May 2015 to 13 June 2017.
- Earl Howe - Minister of State (Unpaid)
- [[xxx] TD MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary
- Julian Brazier - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Reserves
Previous Ministers
- Philip Dunne - Minister of State for Defence Procurement until 2016
- Mike Penning MP Minister of State for the Armed Forces 2016-2017
- Penny Mordaunt - Minister of State for the Armed Forces - 2015- July 2016
- Secretary of State for Defence: Dr Liam Fox.[5] Responsible for the formulation and conduct of defence policy.[6] Resigned over scandal in 2011.
- Minister of State for the Armed Forces: Nick Harvey.[7] responsible for operational and policy issues affecting the Armed Forces.[8]
- Minister for International Security Strategy: Gerald Howarth.[9]
- Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans: Andrew Robathan.[10]
- Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology: Peter Luff.[11] Has responsibility for procurement of defence equipment and defence exports.[12]
- Under Secretary of State and the Lords Spokesman on Defence: Lord Astor.[13]
- Mark Francois - Minister of State for the Armed Forces
- Anna Soubry - Minister of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans
- Under Secretary of State and the Lords Spokesman on Defence: Lord Astor.[14]
Special Advisers
- Ben Mascall - spad to Michael Fallon since May 2015. Is also the deputy director of communications for the Conservative Party and a former political press adviser for health and education, account director at Bell Pottinger and spad to Patrick McLoughlin.
- James Wild - spad to Michael Fallon at BIS and DECC before following him to defence. Wild is a former lobbyist at Hanover Communications.
Chiefs of Staff
- Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS): General Sir David Richards.[15]
- Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS): General Sir Nicholas Houghton.[16]
- First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff: Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope.[17]
- Chief of the General Staff: Sir Peter Wall.[18]
- Chief of the Air Staff: Air Chief Marshall Sir Stephen Dalton[19]
Senior Officials
- Permanent Under Secretary (PUS): Ursula Brennan
- Second Permanent Under Secretary: Vacant as of 1 November 2010.
- Chief of Defence Materiel: General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue
- Chief Scientific Adviser: Mark Welland
- Director General Finance: Jon Thompson[20]
Media Communications
Director general of Media Communications Simon Macdowall
MoD Press Office 2009
- Director of News James Shelley Tel: 020 721 85317
- Chief Press Officer 1 (Policy & Personnel) Nick Pett Tel: 020 721 82906
- Chief Press Officer 2 (Equipment & Operations) Miguel Head Tel: 020 721 84677
- Media Operations Team Co-ordinates media bids to visit Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans and other operational theatres.
Squadron Leader Roger Flynn Tel. 020 721 86200 Regional media are encouraged to contact their Regional Defence Press Officer:
- SCOTLAND Sara Reed Tel: 0131 310 2005 Mob: 07747 767963
- NORTH EAST Sean Edmunds Tel: 01904 662433 Mob: 07900 138122
- NORTH WEST Greg Stringer Tel: 01772 260219 Mob: 07899 962569
- MIDLANDS Mervyn Wynne Jones Tel: 01743 262338
- WALES Paul Barnard Tel: 01446 744044 Mob: 07876 477795
- EASTERN Eleanor Treharne-Jones Tel: 01480 425346 Mob: 07876 477803
- SOUTH EAST Susan Coulthard Tel: 020 721 83259 Mob: 07768 618495
- SOUTH WEST Jason Impey Tel: 01980 672347
- NORTHERN IRELAND Ken Johnston Tel: 02892 263261 Mob: 07740 842454[21]
MoD press office 2007
- Director of News James Clark
- Chief Press Officer 1 (Policy, Procurement & Regions) Sam Keayes
- Chief Press Officer 2 (Personnel & Armed Forces) James Shelley[22]
Individuals involved in propaganda
Lobbying firms
Resources
- Liability of the 77th Brigade FoI Disclosure, FOI2016/0922/77961 14 December 2016.
- HQ Structure of the 77th Brigade, FoI disclosure, 4 August 2015.
- Ministry of Defence FoI disclosure to Mr P Dehaye FOI2017/02264 ISS/3/18/1 /248
- Establishment/complement of staff in the communication related units FoI disclosure to Prof David Miller Our Ref: FOI2018/06239 6 June 2018.
Notes
- ↑ MoD 15 Psyops Group
- ↑ http://www.mod.uk/news/green_book/index.htm http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/GreenBook.pdf
- ↑ MoD Command Support and Intelligence Solutions Integrated Project Team (CSIS IPT), accessed 28 November 2009
- ↑ MoD Agencies and Organisations, accessed 11 September 2010
- ↑ Ministers, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Defence Organisation, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Ministers, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Defence Organisation, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Ministers, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Ministers, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Ministers, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Ministers, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Ministers, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Ministers, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Chief of the Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS) Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 November 2010.
- ↑ First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Chief of the General Staff, Ministry of Defence, 21 November 2010.
- ↑ Chief of the Air Staff, Ministry of Defence, accessed 21 November 2010.
- ↑ {http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/People/SeniorOfficials/ Senior Officials], Ministry of Defence, 21 November 2010.
- ↑ MoD Media Enquiries, accessed 3 April 2009
- ↑ Source
- ↑ Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014 APPC, accessed 29 January 2015
