Our battle cry is Mountain!
São João del-Rei (MG) – From June 24 to August 30, 2024, the Mountain Operations Training Center (CIOp Mth), an educational establishment integrated into the 11th Mountain Infantry Battalion (11º BI Mth), conducted the Advanced Mountaineering Course 2024. Fourteen officers and non-commissioned officers from the Brazilian Army and Navy completed the course.
Lasting ten weeks, the Advanced Mountaineering Course is divided into five phases: Basic Techniques, Mountain Reconnaissance, Patrols and Operational Techniques, Operations and Special Techniques. The students underwent arduous training, requiring unique technical and behavioral skills to overcome the challenges of the mountain operating environment.
Now, the new Mountain Guides are able to advise on planning operations, lead troops of any kind in a mountain environment, carry out climbs up to Grade 5 (free) and A2+ (artificial), as well as equip routes for troop transposition.
The military ceremony at the end of the course was attended by the commander of the 4th Mountain Light Infantry Brigade, Brigadier General Ricardo Augusto Montella de Carvalho, as well as commanders, chiefs and directors of the military organizations of the Brazilian Army’s Mountain Brigade.
