The Minister of Defense, Luis Petriwill supervise the exercises that the special forces of the three arms carry out, starting April 25 in Santa Cruz and that simulate combat situations in that Patagonian region. in the south of the country, with the participation of ships, planes, helicopters and specialized troops. The maneuvers began on April 25 and will end tomorrow, May 3.
The deployment involves ships, planes, helicopters, tactical divers and amphibious commandos, among other elements of the Navy, Air Force and Army. The maneuvers respond to a training plan that has been carried out in recent years prepared by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces in charge of Brigadier General Xavier Julián Isaacwho replaced Lieutenant General Juan Martín Paleo.
The exercises were also part of the launch of a new project of the Marine infantry which seeks to increase current reconnaissance and exploration capabilities. This is drone operation training, which was carried out by several operating officers. Drones will also be incorporated into the Marine Amphibious Brigade.
Until now, the actions in the combined work of the three forces have achieved the objective imposed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and of Ministry of Defense “to put all units in a real readiness situation as well as obtain the necessary skills for the efficient development of combat roles” in a hypothetical real situation. The maneuvers were carried out by operational commander of the Armed Forces, Brigadier General Jorge Fabián Berredo.
Before witnessing the end of the training of elite troops in the South of the country, the defense minister will attend today the Puerto Belgrano Naval Baseplace where the event will be held in commemoration of the sinking of the cruise ship ARA General Belgrano In the midst of the conflict over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and of South Atlantic 42 years ago. In honor of his crew, the National Cruise Day ARA General Belgrano. The ship was attacked by the English nuclear submarine HMS “Conqueror”.
Two torpedoes hit its hull, causing it to sink in less than an hour, causing the death of 323 of the 1,093 crew members. The action, as remembered from the Ministry of Defence“took place at 4:00 p.m., at latitude 55º 24′ S. and longitude 61º 32′ W. during the war conflict in the Malvinas Islands, outside the exclusion area established by Britain”.
One day beforeto the same Naval base a delegation arrived from Ministry of Defence to tour the naval units that have their permanent headquarters there; as well as learn about the capabilities of the dams of the Puerto Belgrano Naval Arsenal.
The national officials were received and accompanied by the Commander of Training and Enlistment of the Navy, Rear Admiral Juan Carlos Coré.
In parallel to the ceremony at the naval base of White Bay continue in Santa Cruz the military exercises of the three armed forces and which will end tomorrow with the presence of Petri. According to what was reported to this media from the Defense portfolio, the group participates Amphibious Commandos and the group Tactical Divers -on the part of the Navy-; the Commando Companies 601, 602 and 603the 601st Special Forces Company and the Special Operations Forces Support Company -of the Army-; and the Special Operations Group -of Air Force-, with helicopter support UH-1Hplanes A4-AR, IA-63 Pampa, Hercules C-130two ships, the corvette ARA Robinson with embarked helicopter and ocean patrol vessel ARA Storni.
Each of them, it was pointed out, “deployed their warlike power.” The civil and military officials consulted by Infobae They highlighted that, for example, the Marine Amphibious Brigade deployed its Units based in naval zones 75 and 76 for the execution of a integrated training in techniques and tactics. They highlighted that “the practice was carried out in the instruction fields of the Marine Corps Base Batteries where the staff carried out intense days, both day and night.”
And that: “Among the activities, those carried out by the Amphibious Vehicle Battalionwho trained their crews of logistical amphibious combat vehicles and assault boats.”
For their part, the Amphibious Engineers They completed the placement and removal of passive obstacles; minefield installation and reconnaissance procedures, while the Communications Battalion No. 1 installed and operated the different radio frequencies of the Command Post, among other contributing activities. The raids, which began on April 25, were carried out on supposedly simulated enemy targets; as “the airport, the port of Quilla Point and the barracks located in Piedrabuena”. The new project of the Marine infantry which seeks to increase current reconnaissance and exploration capabilities. They were exercises for drone operation training.
“The unmanned aerial elements will be incorporated into the Marine Amphibious Brigade“, they explained to this medium. As part of a simulated base defense device of the Anti-Aircraft Battalionaiming and tactical communications practices were carried out and, taking advantage of the extension of the property, the Marine Infantry Battalion No. 2 It developed day and night offensive operations.
Simulation of fire missions; entry into Battery position; performing buried positions without support Engineers; Topographic procedures and work with artillery forward observers were part of the actions carried out by the Field Artillery Battalionin which context the Security Battalion of the Puerto Belgrano Naval Base secured the facilities of the Beach Support Zone.
Minister Petri will close the maneuvers with a speech to the troops who participated and the commanders who were in charge of training the troops. The maneuvers were preceded by the first bilateral technical meeting 2024 of the “Cruz del Sur” Combined Peace Force, made up of Argentine and Chilean members of the Armed Forces, which took place between April 22 and 26 in the Autonomous city of Buenos Aires. Aires.
The delegation, headed by Colonel Francisco Corvalán Espejo, was received by the deputy chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, Rear Admiral Marcelo Dalle Nogare, and the operational commander of the Armed Forces, Brigadier General Jorge Fabián Berredo. From there, the delegation moved to the facilities of the Argentine Joint Training Center for Peace Operations of Argentina (CAECOPAZ), in Campo de Mayo, in order to begin the work meetings, which were chaired by the chief of the General Staff Lieutenant Colonel Martín Urqueta, Core of the Cruz del Sur Combined Peace Force. During this period, tasks were carried out related to the definition of the scenarios for the exercise that will be carried out between October 21 and 25 of this year at the Tactical Operational Training Center of the Chilean Army War Academy.
