5 Military Intelligence Battalion is again a Military Intelligence Unit which will provide Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) to the British Army as a whole. These units will be included in our monthly reports to the British Army beginning in November/end of this month.Â
The Battalion supports the Army in two main ways. Firstly we recruit and train Military Intelligence soldiers and officers so that they are ready to deploy on operations. Secondly, using advanced military IT systems at our bases, we have the capability to conduct real-time intelligence work during training nights and weekends. This work then feeds back into the wider Defence Intelligence community, to help inform our commanders and enable them to make decisions about complex threats.