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| '''UNIT-US''' was the branch of [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] in the [[United States of America]]. It underwent major changes in [[2005]] to centralise its activities. | | '''UNIT North America''' was the branch of [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] in [[North America]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'') [[UNIT-US]] operated in the [[United States of America]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bullet Time (novel)|Bullet Time]]'') In the [[2010s]], [[Petronella Osgood]] acknowledged a [[Martha Jones|Dr Jones]] working at UNIT North America. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'') |
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| [[Russell Barry]] met members of UNIT-US while in [[Vietnam]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bullet Time (novel)|Bullet Time]]'')
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| [[UNIT ONE]] ([[Creative Intelligence]]) and [[UNIT THREE]] were divisions of this American branch. During the [[Martian Invasion of 1997|Martian Invasion]] of [[1997]], UNIT ONE co-ordinated groups, while UNIT THREE was a liaison with [[NASA]] and the [[White House]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'')
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| By [[2005]], after the death of [[Major]] [[C Jones]] and her colleagues, Major [[A Highway]], a former friend of Jones, took Jones' old job at the [[UNIT's New York Liaison Office|UNIT New York Liaison Office]], and Major Highway promised that he would reorganise UNIT's pan-territorial activities into a "[[UNIT New York City Base|pivotal single base operation]]", a change necessatated by the rise in "threats to [[national security]]", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT's New York Operation Expansion (short story)|UNIT's New York Operation Expansion]]'') such as [[Operation Mannequin]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Operation Mannequin (short story)|Operation Mannequin]]'') The ambitions of Major Highway, and his sdanes over the death of his friend, was documented in the [[press briefing]] penned by [[Staff sergeant|Staff Sergeant]] [[A Frederick]], [[embargo]]ed until [[31 March]] [[2005]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT's New York Operation Expansion (short story)|UNIT's New York Operation Expansion]]'')
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| By the late 2000s, [[Lieutenant-General]] [[Sanchez]] was the head of the New York base, which carried out projects like [[Project Indigo]] with [[Martha Jones]] as [[Medical Director]]. The base was later heavily damaged by the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') [[Petronella Osgood]] later refered to Dr Jones working for [[UNIT North America]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| === UNIT website ===
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| A press statement embargoed until 31 March 2005, predating [[UNIT New York City Base]]'s appearance in ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'', mentions UNIT having its [[New York City]] presence expanded by Major A Highway's "lead up" of UNIT's New York Liaison Office. Major A Highway also pays tribute to his predessor and "old friend", Major C Jones, when she and her colleagues were lost during the Jersey Tollgate Situation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unit.org.uk/press/newyork.shtml |title=PRESS STATEMENT: UNIT's New York Operation Expansion |author=Frederick, A. (filed by) |date of source=embargoed until 31 March 2005 |website name=[[UNIT website]] |accessdate=24 July 2013}}</ref>
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| [[Category:UNIT divisions]] | | [[Category:UNIT divisions]] |
| [[Category:US organisations]] | | [[Category:North America]] |
