Re: It's the right badge.
"As for calling an ad-hoc collection of psy-ops, propaganda and other odds and sods a division is not going to fool anyone."
Couple of points.
It's not a combat division for deployment. That's the first and third, which do all the PBI jobs, plus all the modern bells and whistles.
It's a support division, but considering much of an advanced nations combat power is the force multiplier afforded by accurate intelligence, it's pretty important. It's also a force multiplier we can supply to allies with minimum fuss and casualties.
The main task you missed that they do is surveillance. They do psy-ops in the same way that a large corporate body does HR, mainly it's about keeping the troops happy :D
It seems a convenient place to stick signals and recon brigades that are effectively deployed fighting a war, for the benefit of national security. But physically located in the home country. So for various legal reasons, and with the growth of signals and recon, it makes sense.
Totally agree they aren't a combat division. Not invading anyone with the 6th. Helping someone else do the invading for you? 6th is the ticket.
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