Categoria: Theater of Operations

(Reuters) – The Ministry of Defense has decided to reinforce the Brazilian military presence in the border region with Venezuela and Guyana and will send armored vehicles to a military…

Cuiabá (MT) – Military personnel from the 2nd Special Border Platoon / Fortuna spent three days fighting a large forest fire in the Portal do Encantado Indigenous Land, in Mato…

Clevelândia do Norte (AP) – After 10 days of intense training activities in a jungle environment in the state of Amapá, Exercise CORE 23 has come to an end. The…

Belém (BA) – It took three tireless days in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, learning survival techniques. That’s how around 150 American soldiers earned their jungle brevê at the…

Manaus (AM) – This month, the Jungle Warfare Instruction Center celebrated the graduation of 71 new Jungle Warriors. Over the course of its almost 60-year history, more than 7,000 Jungle…

Salima (Malawi) – On October 21, the Malawi Battalion finished training with the Brazilian Army’s Mobile Specialized Jungle Warfare Training Team. These soldiers will soon be working in the Intervention…

Brasília (DF) – Between November 1 and 16, 2023, in the states of Pará and Amapá, the Brazilian Army will carry out Operation CORE 23 (Combined Operation and Rotation Exercise),…

Brasília – On Thursday (19), due to the severe drought affecting several municipalities in the Amazon, the Ministry of Defense activated the Amanaci Joint Operational Command, following the publication of…

Brasília (DF) – General Miranda Filho, in command of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), took part in a meeting of military leaders from African…

Bargny (Senegal) – The Brazilian Military Engineering Cooperation Mission conducted a Topography Internship for soldiers from the Senegalese Army’s engineering units. The internship took place from September 25 to October…

Manaus (AM) – This Sunday, October 8, the Amazon Military Command (CMA) carried out a logistical support operation for riverside communities affected by the drought in the state of Amazonas.…

Oiapoque (AP) – In the far north of Brazil, the Karipuna indigenous tribe in Aldeia do Manga was able to enjoy a productive day with the Civic Social Assistance event…

By Laís Dornelas On Wednesday (20), the Ministry of Defense (MD) began Operation Ágata Oeste 2023, to strengthen the state’s presence in the border area between Mato Grosso and Mato…

Belém (PA) – The mouth of the Amazon River, on the coast of Amapá, is a strategic area for national security policy and for the Brazilian Army. For this reason,…

Calçoene (AP) – From August 31 to September 6, the 22nd Jungle Infantry Brigade carried out Operation Ágata Norte 2023, in cooperation and coordination with national agencies, on the border…

Manaus (AM) – Operation Poraquê has made significant progress in defending and protecting the Amazon. Among its results are seizures of drugs, money, gold and weapons, as well as the…

Manaus (AM) – The Brazilian Army continues to take action to prevent and repress cross-border and environmental crimes in the Triple Frontier region. This week, two illegal mining dredges were…

Represented by its commercial and institutional director Luiz Monteiro, Brazil’s Condor Tecnologias Não Letais is in Angola with President Lula’s entourage, who arrived in the African country this Friday, the…

Manaus (AM) – Service members from the 12th Jungle Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group fired the RBS 70 missile during training. The exercise is part of Operation Sagitta Pimus, which is conducting…

Brasília (DF) – Ten people linked to illegal mining surrendered after an interagency action of Operation Ágata Fronteira Norte, with the participation of the Brazilian Army in the Homoxi region,…