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THE
OPERATORS
THE
OPERATORS
ON THE STREETS WITH BRITAINS
MOST SECRET SERVICE
JAMES RENNIE
Pen & Sword
MILITARY
First published in Great Britain in 1997 by Arrow Books Limited
Published in 2004, 2006 and 2007 by Pen & Sword Military Classics
Reprinted in this format in 2013 & 2014 by
PEN & SWORD MILITARY
An imprint of
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
47 Church Street
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
S70 2AS
Copyright James Rennie, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014
ISBN 978 1 47383 496 5
The right of James Rennie to be identified as Author
of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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Glossary of Surveillance
Terminology
| Zero | The radio net callsign of the control station, usually the detachment operations officer. He or she would normally be based in the Det ops room, but if circumstances demand may be mobile or airborne. |
| Alpha, Bravo and Charlie | These are often reserved as radio designations for surveillance locations, targets and vehicles respectively. For example, Bravo 1 could be the primary human target of an operation, and would live at Alpha 1 and drive Charlie 1. The use of Alphas, Bravos and Charlies assists the very rapid radio voice procedure that surveillance operations demand, and reduces the potential for confusion if communications are poor or operating conditions stressful. |
| Click and double-click | If conditions do not permit an operator to speak over the net, one click of the radio transmit button means no and a double-click means yes. The clicks are not audible to passers-by. |
| Complete | Inside. For example, Bravo 1 is complete Alpha 1; or an operator returning to his car would say I am going complete, meaning getting into his vehicle. |
| Contact | Visual contact with armed terrorists. |
| CTR | Close Target Reconnaissance operation. |
| Delta through to Zulu | These are reserved as radio callsigns for individual members of each 14 Company detachment, who are known as operators. The only exception is foxtrot, which is never a personal callsign. An operator retains the same callsign on an operation whether he is on foot, mobile or airborne. |
| Dickers | Local youths or aspiring terrorists employed by the major terrorist organisations to keep watch for and give advance warning of security force activity, particularly during weapon and bomb moves. |
| Foxtrot | Travelling on foot. For example, Bravo 1 is foxtrot towards Charlie 1. |
| Green army | Regular, uniformed army, as distinct from special forces. |
| HMSU | Headquarters Mobile Support Unit. A highly trained and heavily armed, uniformed RUC squad, used in support of covert operations. |
| To have | To have visual contact with the target. For example, Golf has Charlie 1 mobile. He who has the target has priority use of the radio net. |
| Intending | Likely or intending to turn towards. For example, Golf has Charlie 1 intending left. |
| Mobile | Travelling by vehicle. Thus, Bravo 1 is foxtrot from Alpha 1 to Charlie 1 and mobile. |
| Off | No longer having the target. For example, Charlie 1 is towards Alpha 1 and Im off. |
| Two up, three up, etc. | Refers to the number of people in a vehicle. |
| Possible | Used to qualify an operators certainty about the identity of a target. It is always vital to make clear any element of doubt that exists, in order not to mislead and distract the rest of the surveillance team. For example, Echo has a possible Charlie 1 mobile. Checking. The next transmission from Echo would be either Standby, standby, Echo has Charlie 1 mobile, or Cancel, thats a negative. |
| Spot and colour codes | Each road junction or other prominent topographical point in the area of operation is designated a colour and a two-digit number. This allows the rapid description of road or foot movement of targets and team members over the radio net. In small towns and villages, individual streets are allocated colours. For example, Charlie 1 is mobile from Red Two Three towards Red Two Four, or Thats Charlie 2 mobile on Purple towards Brown. |
| Shorts and longs | Generic terms for hand guns and rifles. |
| To stake out | To box the target into an area by controlling all the routes. |
| Standby, standby | The expression used to warn a surveillance team of significant movement by a target. It is used with great care because it usually triggers movement by the entire team, breaking up the stake out, which may take some time and difficulty to reestablish if it is a false call. |
| Surveillance voice procedure | In order to keep radio transmissions during surveillance operations to a minimum, standard military radio voice procedure is severely abbreviated. For example, Hello Zero, this is Echo, the target has come out of his front door and is walking towards his car, hes got his keys out, over, becomes Zero, Echo. Bravo 1 foxtrot from Alpha 1 intending complete Charlie 1. Rather than answering with the usual Zero, roger out, the acknowledgement is simply Zero. In areas of poor radio reception Zero often repeats other callsigns transmissions. |
| To have a trigger | To have visual or electronic control of a target, usually when waiting for movement or action. |
| VCP | Vehicle Check Point, usually manned by the security forces but occasionally set up by armed terrorists in hard republican areas. |
Authors Note
Given the sensitivity of the contents of this book I submitted the manuscript to the Ministry of Defence prior to publication. At the request of the MoD a number of changes were made to the text in order to protect the work of a unit which continues to play a key role in the fight against terrorism.
ONE
Standby, standby. Zero, Oscar. I have Bravo 1 foxtrot from Alpha 2 towards Charlie 2. The tension in callsign Oscars normally calm voice set my pulse racing. I could see Keith further up the busy street, sauntering along carelessly in a shiny suit, carrying a battered briefcase.
Zero. Standby, standby from Oscar.
Zero, Delta. I have a trigger on Charlie 2.
Zero.
The surveillance team was quietly casting itself about the surrounding streets and alleyways, melting into the routine of the area.
Delta. Yeah, but not for long. And now I have Bravo 2 with Bravo 1 at the back of Charlie 2.
A double-click from Oscars hidden radio sounded the acknowledgement. He continued up the street, passing a group of four youths sitting on a low wall. Dressed in parkas and heavy boots, they were ten years behind the times, as usual.
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