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Structure Of The Chilean Army
This is an order of battle of the Chilean Army. Office of the Army Commander in Chief in Santiago, the Army's headquarters city where it is situated * Military Scenarios and Investigations Center * Office of the Army Secretary General * Office of the Army Auditor General Army General Staff Office (Estado Mayor General del Ejército) * Finance Directorate * Logistics * Intelligence Directorate * Projects Department Ground Operations Command Army Ground Operations Command, headquartered in Concepcion, the base garrison of the Chacabuco 6th Infantry Regiment I Division Responsible for the defense of the Antofagasta Region, Antofagasta and Atacama Region, Atacama regions. * I Division, in Antofagasta ** 1st Motorized Brigade "Calama" (''Brigada Motorizada Nº 1 "Calama"'') in Calama, Chile, Calama *** 15th Motorized Infantry Battalion "Calama", (''Batallón de Infantería Motorizado Nº 15 "Calama"'') *** 10th Artillery Group "Borgoño", (''Grupo de Artillería Nº 10 "Borgoño"' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Army
The Chilean Army ( es, Ejército de Chile) is the land arm of the Military of Chile. This 80,000-person army (9,200 of which are conscripts) is organized into six divisions, a special operations brigade and an air brigade. In recent years, and after several major re-equipment programs, the Chilean Army has become the most technologically advanced and professional army in Latin America. The Chilean Army is mostly supplied with equipment from Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, the United States, Israel, France, and Spain. History Colonial warfare 19th century Independence War The National Army of Chile was created on December 2, 1810, by order of the First National Government Junta. The army was actively involved in the second Independence War, which was fought against royalist troops in battles such as Chacabuco and Maipú or others. During this period, national figures such as Bernardo O'Higgins commanded the army and José de San Martín was allied with O’H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
