The Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) is a British special forces unit. It became operational on 6 April 2005.
Based in Hereford, it is a tri-service unit specialising in surveillance operations, particularly against suspected international terrorists. It forms part of the UK Special Forces group, alongside the Special Air Service and Special Boat Service. It recruits women as well as men.
Its cap badge consists of the sword seen in the SAS and SBS badges, point up, behind a Corinthian helmet and a scroll inscribed 'RECONNAISSANCE'.
Other details are sketchy, but it is believed that the unit is less than half the size of the SAS, and that it is in effect the latest incarnation of 14 Intelligence Company (a.k.a. the Joint Communications Unit) that has performed a similar role against Irish Republican terrorism in Northern Ireland since the 1970s.
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