Service members from the Brazilian Armed Forces and seven other Portuguese-speaking countries gathered in Rio de Janeiro for training. Service members of the Brazilian Armed Forces took part in the first basic response course for chemical incidents. The Assistance and Protection for Portuguese-Speaking Participants course—per the training schedule of the [ … ]
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Brazilian Air Force Conducts Unprecedented Irregular Warfare Training Exercise
The 16-day Operational Exercise Tápio involved 700 service members and 42 aircraft. The irregular warfare exercise consisted of fighting against insurgent groups, paramilitary organizations, and resistance movements. The Brazilian Air Force’s (FAB, in Portuguese) Operational Exercise (EXOP, in Portuguese) Tápio, which included scenarios similar to peacekeeping missions of the United [ … ]
Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Fight Crime on Brazil’s Southern Border
Cooperation between Brazil’s Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies, with participation of the Uruguayan Army, strengthens the fight against crime. Joint and interagency operations of Brazil’s Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies to fight transnational crime have intensified in recent years in the country’s southern region. The seizures of drugs [ … ]
ASTROS 2020 Program Strengthens Brazilian Army’s Artillery
Brazil moves forward with construction of an artillery center and the development of defense weapons technology only a dozen countries in the world dominate. The Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese) is set to receive by October 2018 eight MK3M modernized vehicles, capable of firing a missile and four different types [ … ]
Brazilian Army Delivers Water to Drought Affected Regions
Brazilian Army logistics battalions in the state of Rio Grande do Sul supply populations suffering from drought in the far south of Brazil. Operations from the Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese) are vital to thousands of residents in cities suffering the effects of the worst drought in recent years in [ … ]
Role of Brazilian Southern Military Command Operations Coordination is to Defend Southern Brazil
The Brazilian Army’s Southern Military Command Operations Coordination Center coordinates and conducts combined operations with partner nation armies in southern Brazil.The General Headquarters of the Brazilian Southern Military Command (CMS, in Portuguese) is located in the historic city center of Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, [ … ]
Peruvian War College Trains Future Military Leaders
The Peruvian Army War College Graduate School trains the nation’s military officers to meet the challenges of the future. Prominent military officers who have shaped Peru’s history passed through the halls of the Peruvian Army War College Graduate School (ESGE-EPG, in Spanish). Its grounds bore witness to the rise of [ … ]
Command Sergeants Major, a Reality in the Brazilian Army
The role of command sergeant major is nascent in the Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese). It was established in 2015 to grant more authority and responsibility to noncommissioned officers (NCOs) by allowing them to participate in decision-making and advising the command of military units. Before its implementation, EB tested the [ … ]
Brazilian Navy Conducts Operation Aspirantex 2018
More than 200 students from the Brazilian Naval Academy participated in the operation, which involved the use of seven ships and 12 aircraft from the Brazilian Navy and Air Force. Hundreds of Brazilian Naval Academy cadets took part in Operation Aspirantex 2018 in January. In all, 1,336 service members, 207 [ … ]
Securing Borders on Land and at Sea
When Commissioner Michel-Ange Gédéon assumed his position as director general of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) on April 8, 2016, he promised to keep working to professionalize the 15,000 members of the institution. After 20 months in office, he continues to work on his pledge. Commissioner Gédéon participated at [ … ]
Brazilian Air Force Officer Joins Grand Scale Peacekeeping Mission
Brazilian Air Force Major Luanda dos Santos Bastos is a General Staff officer in the United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur.
Santos Cruz, General at the Front Line
Brazilian Army Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, who led peace missions in Haiti and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was recently appointed Brazil’s Public Security Secretary. Born in Rio Grande, the son of an officer in the Military Brigade, 64-year-old Brazilian Army Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto dos [ … ]