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  • #851087
    xileffilex
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    Is the UK Army 77th Brigade psy-op unit a psy-op itself? Or does it have an army of internet trollers busily tapping their keyboards and attempting to infiltrate investigative websites and forums?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)

    There are definitely people who populate “truther” forums to push the official narrativie line and run the “everything is faaake” ad hom

    Let’s have a look.

    There was some intelligent discussion here, when the 77th Brigade was announced to minor fanfare on January 31 2015
    https://www.look-up.org.uk/77th-brigade/

    Here’s the army’s own site – where the 77th is shown to exist and recruit
    http://www.army.mod.uk/structure/39492.aspx
    and on the application form [ho ho!] the question is asked

    PART 5: MOTIVATIONS(Extend the box as required)

    WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM
    INFORMATION ACTIVITY AND OUTREACH?

    Information activity and outreach….. hmmm
    These are indeed two of the four new military pillars, as noted in this book
    Propaganda, Power and Persuasion: From World War I to Wikileaks
    Tauris, NY 2014

    I like the term non-kinetic forms of warfare as noted in this May 2017 briefing paper
    https://www.techuk.org/insights/meeting-notes/item/10775-an-introduction-to-standing-joint-forces-hq

    With regard to developing its information activity and outreach, SJFHQ envisions using an operating model that will eventually be delivered as a service, with the majority of funding being allocated to insight and evaluation capabilities. The challenge for any industry partner will be delivering a model that includes time sensitive capabilities, including the real-time analysis of information. Outreach to non-traditional suppliers in this space is planned to be done by Joint Forces Innovation Hub, a small group being currently establishing itself in Aldgate East.

    I have no idea whether they stick to military psy-ops, but all this ISIS/ISIL nonsense needs scriptwriting and PR skills.

    original release Just another rabbit trail?
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31070114

    #851095
    xileffilex
    Participant

    Interestingly, following the press release, very little further information surfaced about the 77th Brigade.
    Predictably there was some churning at DIF…
    Illuminumnuts hit the nail on the head…
    https://forum.davidicke.com/showthread.php?t=289219&page=3
    The DIF is awash with members [and mods!] pushing and defending the mainstream version of suspicious mainstream events. [go figure]

    Some written questions were asked in Parliament in June 2016 by a Northern Irish MP, Jim Shannon and answered by Defence minister Penny Mordaunt
    They are summarised here

    https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/secretive-77th-brigade/

    The 77th Brigade is responsible for “non-lethal warfare”. Both the Israeli and US army already engage heavily in these kind of operations.

    The 77th will include regulars and reservists and recruitment will begin in the spring. Soldiers with journalism skills and familiarity with social media are among those being sought.

    The Ministry of Defence said:

    “77th Brigade is being created to draw together a host of existing and developing capabilities essential to meet the challenges of modern conflict and warfare. It recognises that the actions of others in a modern battlefield can be affected in ways that are not necessarily violent.”

    The 2014 British Army Journal gives a detailed description on the 77th, which was was called the Security Assistance Group at thew time, “the unit will be be focal point for levers of soft power or persistent engagement”.

    The 77th Brigade, despite media hype, is not a unit for psychological warfare. While several of the units are dedicated to psychological warfare, this is not their only goal nor the primary mission of 77th Brigade. The purpose unit is to aid in the mission of stabilisation.

    Minister Mark Francois stated that:

    “77th Brigade is the new name for the Security Assistance Group. Its continuing role includes:

    Providing support, in conjunction with other Government agencies, to efforts to build stability overseas and to wider defence diplomacy and overseas engagement;

    Leading on Special Influence Methods, including providing information on activities, key leader engagement, operations security and media engagement;

    Military capacity-building at various stages in the cycle of conflict, through mentoring, support and training, including providing training support to Force Elements to enable delivery of security assistance tasks. There will be 440 military posts in 77th Brigade.”

    According to Penny Morduant,

    Doctrine provides the philosophy and enduring principles by which military forces guide their actions. 77th Brigade uses a combination of NATO and UK doctrine including for Civil Military Cooperation, Security, Stabilisation, Information and Media Operations, as well as Peace Support and Humanitarian Assistance.

    The doctrine applied by 77th Brigade has been developed through collaboration with NATO allies, within the UK military and with other Government Departments. It will also have called on the experience and expertise of other nations and academia. The doctrine is dynamic, being constantly tested against experience, and crafted for a contemporary environment, and will therefore continue to develop as new or anticipated challenges appear.”

    Notably, 77th Brigade includes 10 members of the Naval Service (Royal Navy and Royal Marines) and 11 Royal Air Force personnel.

    Since 77th Brigade was formed in April 2015, 116 personnel have deployed on 30 exercises, the vast majority of which have been UK based; 20 personnel have deployed on four separate operations; and a further 23 personnel have deployed non-operationally as part of Short Term Training Teams to five countries.

    77th Brigade is planned to reach full operating capability in December 2019.

    The doctrine of staging events, perhaps.

    Not covered in the above article…
    https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2016-06-13.40344.h

    Jim Shannon Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Health), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Transport), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Equality)
    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his (a) US counterpart and (b) other NATO counterparts on the role of the 77th Brigade.
    Hansard source
    (Citation: HC Deb, 20 June 2016, cW)
    Penny Mordaunt Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
    None.

    Totally unbelievable.

    #854387
    xileffilex
    Participant

    The link in the first post is archived here
    https://web.archive.org/web/20170619215016/https://www.techuk.org/insights/meeting-notes/item/10775-an-introduction-to-standing-joint-forces-hq

    Hmmm, someone ** in one of the entertaining MM sycophancy threads brings up the 77th….
    ** “Boris Tabaksplatt” indeed – another Oxbridge humour joke name along the UK lines of Robert Zherunkel
    https://cuttingthroughthefog.com/2018/05/26/what-do-thinking-people-think-about-miles-mathis/

    https://twitter.com/77th_Brigade/status/978231842494173184

    https://twitter.com/77th_Brigade/status/1002116122781601793

    #854396
    misom
    Participant

    The link to non-kinetic forms of warfare does not work.
    Still interesting term, if they said stationary forms of warfare it would trigger unpleasant associations.

    I ordered the book you mention
    Propaganda, Power and Persuasion: From World War I to Wikileaks
    Tauris, NY 2014

    Read more: http://fakeologist.com/forums/topic/the-77th-brigade-psy-op-unit/#ixzz5HZqgbH9z

    Will come back after reading it to hopefully discuss about it.

    #854397
    xileffilex
    Participant

    The link to non-kinetic forms of warfare does not work.

    That’s why I archived it in my previous post, Faye.

    Still interesting term, if they said stationary forms of warfare it would trigger unpleasant associations.

    I ordered the book you mention
    Propaganda, Power and Persuasion: From World War I to Wikileaks
    Tauris, NY 2014

    Read more: http://fakeologist.com/forums/topic/the-77th-brigade-psy-op-unit/#ixzz5HZqgbH9z

    Will come back after reading it to hopefully discuss about it.

    Another non-working link is archived here
    https://web.archive.org/web/20170726155454/http://www.look-up.org.uk:80/77th-brigade/

    however, I am suspicious of the GCHQ paper quoted in it, because it’s part of the Snowden “leak” archive…

    Click to access doc.pdf

    However, again in 2018, the subject of the 77th Brigade has been brought up in the UK parliament.
    https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-02-07/127287/
    Army: Deployment:Written question – 127287
    Q Asked by Mr Kevan Jones(North Durham)[N] Asked on: 07 February 2018
    Ministry of DefenceArmy: Deployment127287
    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel from the 77th Brigade have been deployed on operations in the last 12 months.
    A Answered by: Mark Lancaster Answered on: 20 February 2018
    Between 1 February 2017 and 1 February 2018, 29 personnel from 77th Brigade have been forward deployed on operations. Additionally, the majority of staff at 77th Brigade are employed to provide operational support from the United Kingdom
    whatever that means.
    but reported to be 1500 strong…

    I get the feeling that “the 77th” is just another limited hangout when in fact this kind of cyber warfare and online trolling is just business as usual for those paid desk agents in the spooky “security services”

    #854398
    xileffilex
    Participant

    From the “Snowden archive” link [above]
    The Snowden Archive is the result of a research collaboration between Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and the Politics of Surveillance Project at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. Partners and supporters of this initiative include the Surveillance Studies Centre, Queen’s University; the Digital Curation Institute, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto; and the Centre for Free Expression, Faculty of Communications and Design, Ryerson University.
    also in Toronto. hmmm….
    https://snowdenarchive.cjfe.org/greenstone/collect/snowden1/about.html

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    #854402
    misom
    Participant

    Thanks Xile, oversaw it.

    Agree with you that it is a very very limited hangout. I remember in the last turbulent german elections there were reports that all parties had hired thousands of temporary facebook-workers to propagate and get involved in debates online.

    I guess what the military can do, can be done by private contractors even better. Less buerocracy, flexible working crafts, bad salaries.

    The stuff with gchq an snowden I always categorized as necessary publications in a spectacular way for media benefit.

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    #985432
    xileffilex
    Participant

    Thanks Xile, oversaw it.

    Agree with you that it is a very very limited hangout.

    I guess what the military can do, can be done by private contractors even better. Less buereaucracy, flexible working crafts, bad salaries.

    And yet more evidence to show that the 77th Brigade is some kind of limited hangout:
    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/twitter-executive-also-part-time-officer-uk-army-psychological-warfare-unit
    Sept 30 2019 – feeding nicely into the MSM [The Independent] the next day.
    The senior Twitter executive with editorial responsibility for the Middle East [and Europe] is also a part-time officer in the British Army’s psychological warfare unit, Middle East Eye has established. ***

    Gordon MacMillan, who joined the social media company’s UK office six years ago, has for several years also served with the 77th Brigade, a unit formed in 2015 to develop “non-lethal” ways of waging war.

    The 77th Brigade uses social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, as well as podcasts, data analysis and audience research to conduct what the head of the UK military, General Nick Carter, describes as “information warfare”.

    *** i.e. they “discovered” the Linkedin page of MacMillan which at the time, [since amdended, ha ha] which candidly described himself as a reservist officer in the 77th Brigade of the British Army which “specialises in non-lethal engagement”

    Like you’d do…
    Amended Linkedin –
    https://uk.linkedin.com/in/gmacmillan
    His Instagram accounts is “private” – veeeeereeee spookeee. [not]

    …he has declined to answer any questions about his role, as has Twitter and the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD).

    Veeeeery spookee

    What is probably going on is that these front organisations – e.g. the UK Government OST Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, which is also supposed to be engaging in media massage,setting up allegedly fake YouTube channels, are deeply involved in planning and carrying out these phoney fake shows.

    It looks very much as if this answer to “Freedom of Information” request concerning “Controlled Spontaneity” was another limited hangout, since the answer assumes that assorted beheadings, bridge attacks and van attacks were…unsurprisingly.. real events.

    Note how the FOI was quickly rushed out by “Joseph Lloyd” [no doubt a phoney sim] in response to an Eastern Eye “exposee” of the very same “Controlled Spontaneity…
    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mind-control-secret-british-government-blueprints-shaping-post-terror-planning

    They’re all in bed together.

    “Controlled spontaneity”: How Western governments plan for the aftermath of terrorist attacks – a laughable title, when the same outfits plan and carry out these phoney fake events.
    Obviously, there is some truth wrapped up in the Middle East Eye “exposee” e.g.
    Within hours of an incident, campaigns are swiftly organised, with I “heart” posters designed and distributed according to the location of the attack. Plans are also drawn up for people to hand out flowers at the scene of the crime, in apparently unprompted gestures of love and support.

    The purpose of the operations, according to a number of people involved in their creation who spoke to MEE, is to shape public responses, encouraging individuals to focus on empathy for the victims and a sense of unity with strangers, rather than reacting with violence and anger.

    and the article continues with examples of “allowed fly-posting” [think the “spontaneous” appearance of victims’ images on walls and lamp posts following fires, attacks, etc. But we can be sure that every one of the examples in the article – Novichok, the “heart attack” of footballer Fabrice Muamba, the 2000 Fuel Protests in London [the only strike in history which the government encouraged!] and the NZ “mosque attack” were phoney fake shows planned and mounted by the state to keep us all in a constant state of panic.

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doubter of everything in the MSM - photojournalists especially. Especially interested in the David Kelly suicide psy-op, Diana faked crash, Boston Marathon hoax. Old man with time to read behind the headlines. Southern England