(Note that while MI6 is a real government agency, the 00 section is fictional). Bond served as a Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve prior to joining the Secret Service, where he eventually held the rank of principal officer.

What is James Bond's official rank?

While only hinted at in small vignettes across the franchise, young James Bond after college joined the Royal Navy where throughout he had an exemplary military career and effortlessly secured the rank of Commander in the RNR Defense Intelligence Group.

Is James Bond a MI5 or 6?

MI5 - Domestic intelligence, MI6 - foreign intelligence. Interestingly, that makes James Bond a member of MI6.

Is 007 the highest agent?

According to Moonraker, James Bond is the most senior of three 00 agents; the two others were 008 and 0011. The three men share an office and a secretary named Loelia Ponsonby.

What is James Bond's official title?

Bond is an intelligence officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Bond is known by his code number, 007, and was a Royal Naval Reserve Commander.

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Why does James Bond call his boss M?

What does M stand for? M is the head of MI6 and stands for for "Missions" – to identify that the incumbent is the head of the Missions Department. M is not one character, but rather a role that has been held by various characters across the 25 films.

Is James Bond a SAS or SBS?

In the film Casino Royale, the line “former SAS types” is uttered by Vesper Lynd when describing Bond – and she's almost right. Based on a few indicators, it is clear that at least one iteration of James Bond was actually a member of the Special Boat Service, or SBS.

Do double 0 agents really exist?

No. Ian Fleming copped the “Double 0” designation from The Soviet NKVD, and MI-6 are intelligence operatives, not Asassins. During WW2 that sort of business fell to the Special Operations Executive (SOE).

Who is the best MI6 agent?

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Bond has repeatedly been referred to as the best agent in MI6, let alone the world.

Is 00 in MI6 real?

Here's your debrief on the fictional 00 unit, a branch of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service.

Does MI7 still exist?

However MI7 was a branch of the British War Office's Directorate of Military Intelligence and responsible for press liaison and propaganda. The branch was originally established in the Great War and disbanded after the signing of the Armistice.

Is MI6 better than CIA?

The CIA, though a much younger agency (it has its roots in the WW2 agency the Office of Strategic Services, and was actually founded as the CIA in 1947), and modeled on MI-6 to some degree, is much larger, and generally believed to be better at technical stuff (e.g. satellites, drones, spy planes, etc.).

What does the 00 mean in 007?

Description. In the first novel, Casino Royale, and the 2006 film adaptation, the 00 concept is introduced and, in Bond's words, means "that you've had to kill a chap in cold blood in the course of some assignment". Bond's 00 number (007) was awarded to him because he twice killed in fulfilling assignments.

How many 00 agents are there?

Various (Thunderball)

004 looks to be a little bit older, while 003 is a younger female - a first for James Bond. The briefing seems to confirm that, despite what wider franchise media may suggest, there are only 9 agents in MI6's 00 division.

Who is James Bond's CIA counterpart?

Felix Leiter, James Bond's CIA ally and friend, played a part in six of the Fleming novels; he is introduced in Casino Royale as being thin, tall, about 35 years old and a former U.S. Marine who was working with the Joint Intelligence Staff of NATO.

Are MI6 agents armed?

The people who work for MI6 are called officers, not agents. Agents are the people they recruit to give them intelligence. MI6 officers do not as a matter of course carry guns or receive weapons training. There are some exceptions to this for people being sent to particularly dangerous or unstable postings.

Does MI6 have assassins?

In real life, MI6 insists its officers do not kill anyone. "Assassination," its former head Sir Richard Dearlove has said, "is no part of the policy of Her Majesty's government" and would be entirely contrary to the agency's ethos.

Are MI6 spies real?

The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence on foreign nationals in support of its Five Eyes partners.

Why did 006 betray 007?

At 18, he begins to formally work for MI6 under the alias Agent 006, and subsequently begins planning his revenge against the British government for his family's demise. He considers recruiting fellow MI6 agent James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) to his cause, but ultimately decides against it, believing Bond too loyal to MI6.

Who is 003 in James Bond?

003, an agent mentioned in John Pearson's novel James Bond: The Authorised Biography (1973). Gwendolyn Gann, an old mentor of Bond and a formerly 003 agent in the Myrmidon-For King and Country storyline from the comics.

Who is agent 002?

002, an agent portrayed by Glyn Baker in the film The Living Daylights (1987).

Is SBS higher than SAS?

The operational capabilities of the SBS and the SAS are broadly similar. However, the SBS (being the principal Royal Navy contribution to UKSF) has the additional training and equipment required to lead in the maritime, amphibious and riverine environments.

Was Bond a Marine?

James Bond is a Commander in the Royal Navy. This is the United States equivalent to lieutenant colonel in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and commander in the Navy and Coast Guard.