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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

You can now view or download the 956th edition of the Army Magazine

You can now view or download the 956th edition of Ejército (Army Magazine), corresponding of November 2020.

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

61st digital edition of Tierra is now available

You can now view and/or download the 61st digital edition of Tierra, corresponding to November.

Monday, September 28, 2020

The Army Chief of Staff (JEME) presides over the opening of the '100 Years of the Legion' exhibition at the Army Museum

The Army Chief of Staff, General Francisco J. Varela, attended the opening of the exhibition ¨100 Years of the Legion” at the Army Museum (Toledo) on September 24. He was accompanied by the Museum´s Director, General Arenas, who, in his speech, wanted to emphasize that the temporary exhibition aims to “not only make known the glorious and heroic history of the body and its uniqueness, but also show the essential values of the Legion imparted by its founder Lieutenant Colonel Millán-Astray.”

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Friday, October 23, 2020

EMMOE: 75 years at the top

From its privileged position at the base of The Pyrenees, the Mountain and Special Operations Military School stands out for having become a center of excellence the last 75 years.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

The Operational Logistics Force monitors the “Brilliant Jump” exercise in Lithuania

Personnel from the Headquarters of the Operational Logistics Force (FLO by its Spanish acronym) have undertaken the telematic monitoring of military equipment and vehicles in the “Brilliant Jump” 20 exercise which took place from the 28th of October to the 6th of November

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

The ‘ATILA’ system arrives at the NATO CBRN Defense group

The Engineering Department of the Army´s Logistics Support Command (JIMALE, in Spanish) has presented the ‘ATILA’ (Autonomous Ultraviolet Light Antivirus) system to NATO´s Joint Chemical Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Capability Development Group (JCBRN-CDG)

Monday, October 26, 2020

Start of the NATO 'Iron Wolf' exercise

The 2nd “Roger de Lauria” Battalion of Paratroopers has begun carrying out strategic protection in advance of the multinational “Iron Wolf” exercise, which will take place in Lithuania November 1st through the 20th.

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

The 'San Marcial' Division Headquarters Hosts the DOMEX Course

The Headquarters of the “San Marcial” Division hosted the DOMEX (Document and Media Exploitation) course in “Collection and Processing in Support to Attack the Networks,” which was organized by the C-IED (Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices) Center of Excellence and carried out at the ¨Diego Porcebs¨ barracks (Burgos) from October 5th to the 9th.

Thursday, October 1, 2020

The 11th Brigade 'Extremadura' carries out integration and evaluation exercise of the 17th EUTM Mali contingent

The 11th Brigade 'Extremadura' has completed the integration and evaluation exercise of the 17th EUTM Mali contingent before its deployment to this African country. The exercise, which was carried out from September 21 to 25 at the “General Menacho” base in Bótoa (Badajoz), aims to verify the operations of all units to be deployed.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

The NATO Headquarters in Bétera conducts the 'Deployex' II/20 exercise

The NATO Rapid Deployment Headquarters in Bétera (Valencia) is engaged in the completion of the “Deployex II/20 exercise at the “Jaime I” base, located in the Valencian municipality. It began in early September with the assembly of an advanced command post (ICE, Initial Command Element) and is scheduled to end on the 24th of this month.

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Shooting tests successfully concluded with 8x8 demonstrators

The official shooting tests by the joint venture (UTE in Spanish) Wheeled Tank Combat Vehicle (VCR in Spanish) 8x8 concluded successfully on the 23rd of July, at the “Álvarez de Sotomayor” manoeuvring and shooting range in Viator (Almeria). The prototypes under evaluation were the D1, equipped with the UT30MK2 tower, and the D2 which has the Samson 30 weapons station. In both cases, the tests included shooting with the 30 mm ATK gun, 7.62 mm machine guns and the launch of the Spike missile.

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