77th Brigade (United Kingdom)

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The 77th Brigade is a British Army information operations and psychological warfare formation, created in January 2015. It was a retitling of the Security Assistance Group, created as part of the Army 2020 reorganisation after the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010. A previous 77th Brigade served in both world wars. The brigade initially brought together a psychological warfare unit; a media operations unit; and the Military Stabilisation and Support Group (MSSG). It is based at Denison Barracks in Hermitage, Berkshire and became operational in April 2015. The original 77th Brigade was formed in 1914 as part of 'Kitchener's Army'. Consisting of Scottish infantry battalions it served with 26th Division on the Salonika Front during World War I. It took part in the disastrous Second Battle of Doiran in 1917, and the equally costly Third Battle of Doiran near the end of the war. It took part in the postwar occupation of Bulgaria before it was disbanded in 1919. The present-day brigade...

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