First Visit by the Chief of the Army Staff of 5th Light Infantry Brigade ‘San Marcial’

 

The Chief of the Army Staff on Base Loyola, in San Sebastián (Photo:5th Light Infantry Brigade)

Parade by the 67th Light Infantry Regiment formation (Photo:5th Light Infantry Brigade)

Review by the Chief of the Army Staff on the Araca Base in Vitoria (Photo:5th Light Infantry Brigade)

The Chief of the Army Staff, Army General Jaime Domínguez Buj, has travelled today to the Basque Country to visit, for the first time, part of the units belonging to 5th Light Infantry Brigade ‘San Marcial’. To be precise, the Chief of the Army Staff has been on Base ‘Loyola’ -San Sebastián (Guipúzcoa)- and Military Base ‘Araca’ -Vitoria (Álava)-.
 

On the first of these establishments 67thLight Infantry Regiment ‘Tercio Viejo de Sicilia’ is located , and on the second, 4th/45th Light Infantry Battalion ‘Flandes’ –the Regiment to which it belongs,  45th Light Infantry Regiment ‘Garellano’, is found in Munguía (Vizcaya)- and the Brigade Headquarters. 
 

The visit has begun with the arrival of Gen. Domínguez Buj on Base ‘Loyola’, where he has been received by the commander of 5th Light Infantry Brigade ‘San Marcial’, General Carlos A. Terol, and a company from 1st/67th Light Infantry Brigade ‘Legazpi’ has paid him official honours.  Later, the Chief of the Army Staff has met with the unit’s commanding officers and has toured base installations.  Lastly, the army general has signed the Regiment Guest Book and departed by helicopter for Vitoria, to Military Base ‘Araca’.
 

Once there, following official honours, Gen. Domínguez Buj has atended a presentation, offered by General Terol, on Brigade evolution and transformation.  As in San Sebastián, here he has also met with commanding officers and toured installations.  Likewise, the Chief of the Army Staff has signed the Brigade’s Guest Book. 
 

On both bases Command Sergeant Major of the Army Antonio Blanco, who has accompanied Gen. Domínguez Buj on the visit, has met with troop posted there to learn of their concerns.  On the base in Vitoria, the Chief of the Army Staff has shared a table at lunch with General Terol and the Brigade unit commanders before concluding his first contact in person with units in the Basque Country.