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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.”

Thursday, September 24, 2020

You can now view or download the 954th edition of the Army Magazine

You can now view or download the 954th edition of Ejército (Army Magazine), corresponding of October 2020

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Spanish Department of Defence (DoD) and Tess-Defence sign a contract to manufacture 8x8 Dragón Wheeled Combat Vehicles

The Minister of Defence, Margarita Robles, presided over the signing of the contract with Tess-Defence S.A. for the manufacturing of a total of 348 Dragón Wheeled Combat Vehicles (VCR Spanish abbreviation), with a duration of 10 years. Present at the ceremony held at the Ministry’s Headquarters on the 25th of August, were the Secretary of State for Defence, Esperanza Casteleiro, the Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Francisco J. Varela, and the representatives of the four companies that make up the Tess-Defence SA; Sapa Operaciones SL, Indra Sistemas SA, Escribano Mechanical & Engineering SL and Santa Bárbara Sistemas SA.

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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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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.

Monday, July 20, 2020

Members of the 12th Brigade attend to a man who was found unconscious and alone

A group of soldiers from the 12th ‘Guadarrama’ Brigade have rescued a man found unconscious and alone at the Comillas Cercanias Station next to the Manoeuvre Ground at the ‘El Goloso’ base (Madrid). The events occurred on the 16th of July at around 8 a.m. when they were running within the confines of the base.

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

The Army Museum celebrates its 10th anniversary in the Alcázar

The Army Museum is in celebration. The 19th of July marks the 10th anniversary of its inauguration by the then Prince of Asturias, Don Felipe de Borbón, today King of Spain.

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