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Intelligence Regiment (Denmark)

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Intelligence Regiment
Efterretningregimentet
Coat of Arms
Active1 March 2014
Country Denmark
Branch Royal Danish Army
TypeArmy Intelligence
Size457[1]
Part ofArmy Staff
Garrison/HQVarde
Nickname(s)EFR
Motto(s)Viden er Styrke (Knowledge is Strength)
WebsiteOfficial website
Commanders
Ceremonial chiefHM The King
Colonel of
the Regiment
Lars Christian Küseler [2]
Insignia
Regimental beltStable belt HEC
Colours

The Intelligence Regiment (Danish: Efterretningsregimentet, EFR) is a regiment of the Royal Danish Army. It was originally created as the Army Intelligence Centre (Danish: Hærens Efterretnings Center), and was a collection of all intelligence units, created by the Danish Defence Agreement 2013-2017 on the basis of lessons learned in Afghanistan and Iraq.[3] Following the Danish Defence Agreement 2018–23, the centre was upgraded to a regiment and the name was changed.

Structure

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Today the Intelligence Regiment has 2 battalions:[4]

  • 1 Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Battalion
    • HQ Platoon
    • UAS Company
    • EW Company, physically placed at Ryes Kaserne in Fredericia
  • 2 Military Intelligence Battalion
    • Intelligence Fusion Cell
      • Collection, Coordination & Intelligence Requirements Management section (CCIRM)
      • All Source Analysis Cell (ASAC)
      • Exploitation section (TECHINT)
    • Human Interactivities Company (PSYOPS, HUMINT & CIMIC)
    • Training Company

Names of the regiment

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Names[5]
Hærens Efterretnings Center Army Intelligence Centre 2014-04-01 2018-12-31
Efterretningsregimentet Intelligence Regiment 2019-01-01

References

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  1. ^ "HEC: Tasks and organization" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. ^ "HEC" (in Danish). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. ^ "The army forces intelligence service with new centre" (PDF) (in Danish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Efterretningsregimentets opgaver og enheder". Forsvaret. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  5. ^ Rasmussen, Peter Ernstved (30 April 2018). "FC: "Det her er ikke nogen navneleg"" (in Danish). OLFI. Retrieved 23 July 2019.