BELGIUM
Psychologische operaties
For many years, Belgium has contributed specialist personnel to various mulitinational PSYOPS
formations - individual soldiers have served within German OPINFO units on deployment i.e. KOSOVO,
MACEDONIA, and BOSNIA. It is only recently - 2006 in fact, that Belgium has established a dedicated
PSYOPS capability. The unit or speciality is 'hidden' within an old established regimental unit - The 17 Recce - a cavalry unit.
Officially PSYOPS was added to 17 Recce in 2003, as was a CIMIC detachment.
Recent information received, is that PSYOPS within Belgian Army is now entrenched - in that as of 19 October 2007, the 17 Recce unit no longer carries this name. The new name is the INFORMATION OPERATIONS GROUP (17 Recce).........PSYOPS having increased it's importance and value in the Belgian Armed Forces.
As of 2008, The Belgian Information Operations Group(17 Recce) has had a new heraldic designation authorised.
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BELGIAN PSYOPS TASK FORCE FOX
rare cloth patch
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17 RECCE UNIT INSIGNIA
17de Compagnie Recce
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INFORMATION OPERATIONS GROUP
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19 Oct 2007 officially desiganted THE INFORMATIONS OPERATIOSN GROUP (17 Recce)
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Belgian Army Public Relations unit
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