Military

Military
Interest of	Mike Hoare
Military groups, generally hierarchical in nature, often controlled by nation states, are organisations that specialise in using violence to achieve political ends of their masters.

 

Military Groups on Wikispooks

Wikispooks page	Date	Logo	WWW	Description
15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group	1998 - Present			A UK army psyop group.
32 Battalion	1976 - Present			An apartheid-era unit of the South African Army
7644 (Media operations) Squadron			http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafreserves/squadrons/rafhaltonno7644mediaoperationssquadron.cfm
Academi	1997 - Present		http://www.academi.com/	Formerly known as Blackwater, a huge US-based private military contractor infamous for a string of scandals.
Aegis Defence Services	2002 - Present
ArmorGroup	1981 - Present		http://www.g4s.com/	One of the largest private security firms operating in Iraq
Army Reserve			http://www.army.mod.uk/reserve/31781.aspx
BAE Systems			http://www.baesystems.com/	A global arms company, with interests also in civilian avionics and engineering. Its subsidiaries are also involved in providing intelligence, personnel and logistics support to US/UK military.
Control Risks	1975 - Present		http://www.controlrisks.com	A British private security company.
Defence Academy of the United Kingdom			http://www.defenceacademy.ac.uk
Defence Evaluation and Research Agency	2 July 2001 - Present		http://www.dera.gov.uk
Defence Export Services Organisation
Defence Media Operations Centre			http://www.defencemediaops.co.uk/
Defence Strategy & Solutions LLP	7 August 2002 - 5 November 2013		http://www.defencestrategy.com
Directorate General Media and Communications
Directorate of Targeting and Information Operations	2001 - Present
EADS			http://www.eads.com/
Executive Outcomes	1989 - 31 December 1998			A private military contractor which offered "Security management" and "full-service risk management consulting". It operated during the 1990s and boasted 500 military advisers and over 3000 military personnel, largely drawn from the South African Civil Cooperation Bureau.
Five Reconnaissance Regiment
Four Reconnaissance Regiment
Intelligence Research Unit	1957 - Present
Israel/Defense Forces	26 May 1948 - Present		http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/
JFIT
Joint Services School of Intelligence	1969 - 1997
Joint Support Group
Joint Warfare Establishment	1963 - 1979
Keenie Meenie Services	1974 - Present			A private military contractor implicated in Iran Contra. Bought out in 1977 by Major David Walker (SAS).
MBDA			http://www.mbda.co.uk
Marconi Company	1897 - Present
Marconi Electronic Systems
Media Operations Group (V)	2001 - Present
Military Reaction Force	1971 - 1973
Military Reconnaissance Force
NATO	4 April 1949 - Present		http://www.nato.int	The world's largest military alliance.
One Reconnaissance Regiment				An apartheid-era unit of the South African Army
Operation Gladio	1948 - Present			Secret for over 40 years, Gladio is a NATO-backed network of armed soldiers inside the nations of Europe outside effective control of national governments. Ostensibly intended for use only in case of a Soviet invasion, Gladio carried out a string of false flag terror attacks. In 1990, the European parliament asked all member states to launch investigations, but only 5 national governments did so.
Phoenix Close Protection			http://web.archive.org/web/20010219222254/http://www.phoenixcp.com/
SBS	1940 - Present			A UK Special Forces Unit
Saladin Security Ltd			http://www.saladin-security.com
Sandline International	1994 - 16 April 2004		http://www.sandline.com
Science Applications International Corporation			http://www.saic.com/
Service d'Action Civique	January 1960 - 1982
South African Defence Force
Special Activities Division
Special Air Service	1 July 1941 - Present		http://www.sasregiment.org.uk/
Special Intelligence Wing
Special Reconnaissance Regiment	6 April 2005 - Present
Special Reconnaissance Unit	1972 - Present
Task Force Black
UK Special Forces
... further results

 

Examples

Page name	Description
14th Intelligence Company	A secretive unit of the British Army used to put SAS and SAS trained personnel on the streets in Northern Ireland while being able to pretend that the SAS were not deployed there.
4 Field Survey Troop
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