BRAZIL
Operações Psicológicas
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Brazilian Special Forces School offers the PSYOPS Qualification course for Officers and Senior NCO's
This is the qualification insignia received following successful completion thereof.
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Qualification insignia in enamal / metal for Officers (Gold) |
Qualification insignia for NCO's (Silver) |
OPSICO Qualification insignia in plastic for BDM. |
ADVANCED SPECIALIST PSYOPS INSIGNIA 2013 |
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In 2012 Brazil underwent a huge transformation within it's PSYOPS (OPSIC) tradition, formally standing up the PSYOPS detachment in to a unit: 1 PSYOPS BN.
In addition, the Special Forces Brigade recognized the importance of PSYOPS within it's structure by replacing the bottom map device with that of the OPSICO Torch.
1º Batalhão de Operações Psicológicas(B Op Psico)
The 1st Psychological Operations Battalion ( B PSYOP ) was an elite unit of the Brazilian Army, with strategic mobility and abilty to plan, conduct and performance of procedures technicians, operationalized in a systematic way, for the conquest of political, economic , psychosocial and military or developed before, during and after the use of force in order to motivate audiences friends, neutral and hostile to achieve desirable behaviours.
January 13, 2012, the Army Commander in the exercise of his duties, decided to transform the Detachment Psychological Operations (Dst Op Psc) in to the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion (1st B Op Psc).
April 25, 2014, the Army Commander, in exercise of his powers, decided to change the name of the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion ( 1st B Op Psc), to the 1st Information Support Operations Battalion (1 BOAI), remaining subordinate to the Special Operations Command
April 25, 2014, the Army Commander decided to change the headquarters of the 1st Information Support Operations Battalion (1 Boai), the city of Goiânia-GO for the city of Brasília-DF , as of January 1, 2016.
In 2013 a new PSYOPS SPECIALIST / ADVANCED PSYOPS OPERATOR insignia was authorized.
CURSO AVANÇADO DE OPERAÇÕES PSICOLÓGICAS 2013
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OPSICO Brevet badge - currently only identified as plastic - subdued uniform device.
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CCOMSEX
COMMUNICATION SOCIAL = equates to Portuguese / Spanish speaking nations version of Public Relations / Social Communication
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The Special Forces Brigade BDA OP ESP
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BDA OP ESP houses the Special Operations School - CI OP ESP
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DST OP PSICO
Destacamento de Operações Psicológicas
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Then all change in 2014, with the emergence of the PSYOP name change to MISO in US Army
and the FIFA World Cup Football held in Brazil 2014, PSYOPS was required to be utilised internally by the Brazilian Govt. Thus PSYOPS name was dropped in exchange for the more pleasing
1st Information Operations Support Battalion, or 1º Batalhão de Operações de Apoio a Informação
1º Batalhão de Operações de Apoio a Informação
It appears that in 2018 / 2019 the MISO name was reverted back to 1º Batalhão de Operações Psicológicas(B Op Psico)
New insignia was noted for sub units and arm patches issued.
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