The Operators: Inside 14 Intelligence Company - The Army's Top Secret Elite

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The candidates had to go through and pass a rigorous selection process that screened for: excellent observational abilities, stamina, and the ability to think under stress, as well as self-reliance and self-confidence in carrying out operations alone. It was not uncommon for det operatives to have an extra pistol - often another browning hp with extended 20 round magazine - stowed within easy reach in their vehicles. It's believed that during the nineties the role of 14 Company was expanded to include operations outside of Northern Ireland. Most of its officers and soldiers have completed operational deployments to the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan. R. Haw, The Green Howards, a member of 14 Intelligence Company and the Cold War spy mission BRIXMISA veteran of six tours of regular duty in Northern Ireland in 1970-75, he was awarded the Q.

The Secretary of State at the time, Sir Peter Brooke, stated in the Commons that members of the unit had stumbled across the robbery by chance.The Det also had their own flight of Army Air Corps Gazelles, which were referred to as 'The Bat Flight. Intelligence Company - sometimes referred to as 14 INT, 14 Company, 14th Intelligence Detachment or 'The Det' - was a British Army special forces unit, established during the Troubles, which carried out surveillance operations in Northern Ireland.

The SRU's precursor, the Military Reaction Force was based in a compound at Palace Barracks, Holywood. It is better known even within the Army, by a variety of cover names, most commonly 14 Intelligence Company.Using information gleaned from the interrogations, the IRA ambushed a MRF laundry van, killing one undercover soldier.