Ministry of Defence

Organisations

Propaganda and information control

• 15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group | 7644 (Media operations) Squadron | British Forces Broadcasting Service | Defence Media Operations Centre | Directorate of Targeting and Information Operations | D-Notice Committee | The Green Book | Information Policy | Intelligence and Information Operations Capability Programme | Media Operations - Joint Doctrine Publication 3-45.1 | Media Operations Group (V) | Services Sound and Vision Corporation | Directorate General Media and Communications

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)

Issues, operations and concepts

• COIN | Operation Telic |

Weapons and materials

Hellfire Missile

People

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

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

Individuals involved in propaganda

• Douglas Dearth | Paul Smyth | Maurice Tugwell | Colin Wallace | Tony Yarnold