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Jungle warfare or woodland warfare is warfare in forests, jungles, or similar environments.The term encompasses military operations affected by the terrain, climate, vegetation, and wildlife of densely-wooded areas, as well as the strategies and tactics used by military forces in these situations and environments.
The battalion is capable of conducting its missions independently from or in conjunction with conventional forces. Battalion troops are trained in jungle warfare at the Army's CIGS jungle warfare school and in amphibious, mountain warfare, airborne, airmobile and HAHO/HALO operations.
12th Jungle Anti-air Artillery Group (12º Grupo de Artilharia Antiaérea de Selva) in Manaus; 3rd Special Forces Company (3ª Companhia de Forças Especiais) in Manaus; Jungle Warfare Instruction Center (Centro de Instrução de Guerra na Selva) in Manaus; Military High School Manaus (Colégio Militar de Manaus) in Manaus
The CMN is the youngest of Brazil's military commands, as it was activated on 13 March 2013. ... Two Infantry Brigades specializing in Jungle warfare and one Military ...
Paratroopers developed jungle skills as early as 1952 during the rescue operation for the Presidente aircraft, which had crashed in the Amazon region. Their ability to rapidly access any point within Brazil's territory was also critical during deployments to counter the Aragarças and Jacareacanga revolts in 1956 and 1959, respectively, though ...
Military Academy in Rio de Janeiro, 1888. In 1792, Queen Mary I of Portugal and Brazil founded the Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desenho (Royal Academy of Artillery, Fortification and Drawing) in Rio de Janeiro, modeled after the existing Academy in Lisbon, intended to train artillery and engineering officers of the Portuguese Army in Brazil.
The Brazilian Army (Portuguese: Exército Brasileiro; EB) is the branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible, externally, for defending the country in eminently terrestrial operations and, internally, for guaranteeing law, order and the constitutional branches, subordinating itself, in the Federal Government's structure, to the Ministry of Defense, alongside the Brazilian Navy and Air Force.
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