The 12th Bush Brigade ( es, links=no, Brigada de Monte 12) is a military unit of the

Argentine Army The Argentine Army ( es, Ejército Argentino, EA) is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of Argentina. Under the Argentine Constitution, the president of Argentina is the commander- ...

specialised in jungle and bush warfare. Its headquarters are at Posadas,

Misiones Province Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes ...

Order of battle

* 12th Bush Brigade HQ (Posadas) * 9th Bush Infantry Regiment (

Puerto Iguazú Puerto Iguazú is a border city in the province of Misiones, Argentina. With a population of 82,227 (), it is the fourth largest city in the Province, after Posadas, Oberá, and Eldorado. The world-renowned Iguazú Falls are only away from ...

) * 29th Bush Infantry Regiment "''Coronel Ignacio José Javier Warnes''" ( Formosa) * 30th Bush Infantry Regiment (

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) * 3rd Artillery Group (

Paso de los Libres Paso de los Libres is a city in the east of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It had about 44,000 inhabitants at the , and is the head town of the department of the same name. The city lies on the right-hand (western) sh ...

) * 12th Engineer Battalion (

Goya Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 174616 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and e ...

) * 12th Jungle Cazadores Company (Puerto Iguazú) * 18th Bush Infantry Company (

Bernardo de Irigoyen Bernardo de Irigoyen (December 18, 1822 – December 27, 1906) was an Argentine lawyer, diplomat and politician. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, Irigoyen enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires and earned a ''juris doctor'' in 1843. He was ...

) * 12th Signal Squadron (Posadas) * 12th Intelligence Company (Posadas) * 12th Medical Company (Posadas) * Logistic & Support Base "Resistencia" ( Resistencia) * 12th Army Aviation Section (Posadas)

History

In 1979 the Argentine Army created the 12th Bush Brigade. This unit was formed by: * 18th Infantry Regiment * 30th Infantry Regiment * 12th Artillery Group * 12th Armored Cavalry Exploration Squadron * 12th Company of Engineers * 12th Company of Construction Engineers * 12th Communications Company In 1985 the 7th Infantry Brigade was dissolved and its dependent units became part of the 12th Infantry Brigade.

References

External links

* Brigades of Argentina Misiones Province {{Mil-unit-stub