Argentine Marines, the Glossary

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1. 44 relations: Amphibious Commandos Group, Amphibious warfare, Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata, Anti-aircraft warfare, Argentine Army, Argentine ground forces in the Falklands War, Argentine Navy, Argentine War of Independence, Assault Amphibious Vehicle, Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Brazil, British invasions of the River Plate, Chile, Cisplatine War, Dirty War, Falklands Crisis of 1770, Falklands War, Gulf War, Humvee, Invasion of South Georgia, Italian Army, Kosovo Force, LARC-V, Marines, Military history of Argentina, Panhard ERC, Paraguayan War, Port Belgrano Naval Base, Serbia, Snipe incident, Spanish Marine Infantry, Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–1777), United Nations, United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, United Nations peacekeeping, United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, United Nations Protection Force, United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti, United States, Uruguayan Civil War, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, 1963 Argentine Navy revolt, 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands, 5th Marine Battalion (Argentina).

2. Naval units and formations of Argentina

Amphibious Commandos Group

The Amphibious Commandos Group (Agrupación de Comandos Anfibios, APCA) is a special operations force of the Argentine Marine Corps. Argentine Marines and Amphibious Commandos Group are naval units and formations of Argentina.

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Amphibious warfare

Amphibious warfare is a type of offensive military operation that today uses naval ships to project ground and air power onto a hostile or potentially hostile shore at a designated landing beach.

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Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata

The Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata, also known as Paraná War, was a five-year naval blockade imposed by France and the United Kingdom on the Argentine Confederation during the Uruguayan Civil War.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).

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Argentine Army

The Argentine Army (Ejército Argentino, EA) is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of Argentina.

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Argentine ground forces in the Falklands War

This is a list of the ground forces from Argentina that took part in the Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas).

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Argentine Navy

The Argentine Navy (ARA; Armada de la República Argentina).

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Argentine War of Independence

The Argentine War of Independence (Guerra de Independencia de Argentina) was a secessionist civil war fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli, Martin Miguel de Guemes and José de San Martín against royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown.

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Assault Amphibious Vehicle

The Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV)—official designation AAVP-7A1 (formerly known as Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel-7 abbr. LVTP-7)—is a fully tracked amphibious landing vehicle manufactured by U.S. Combat Systems (previously by United Defense, a former division of FMC Corporation).

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Battle of Mount Tumbledown

The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was an engagement during the Falklands War.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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British invasions of the River Plate

The British invasions of the River Plate were two unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colony of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, located around the Río de la Plata in South America – in present-day Argentina and Uruguay.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.

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Cisplatine War

The Cisplatine War was an armed conflict fought in the 1820s between the Empire of Brazil and the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata over control of Brazil's Cisplatina province.

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Dirty War

The Dirty War (Guerra sucia) is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina (dictadura cívico-militar de Argentina) for the period of state terrorism in Argentina from 1974 to 1983 as a part of Operation Condor, during which military and security forces and death squads in the form of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance (AAA, or Triple A) hunted down any political dissidents and anyone believed to be associated with socialism, left-wing Peronism, or the Montoneros movement.

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Falklands Crisis of 1770

The Falklands Crisis of 1770 was a diplomatic standoff between Great Britain and Spain over possession of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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Falklands War

The Falklands War (Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

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Humvee

The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV; colloquial: Humvee) is a family of light, four-wheel drive, military trucks and utility vehicles produced by AM General.

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Invasion of South Georgia

The invasion of South Georgia, also known as the Battle of Grytviken or Operation Georgias, took place on 3 April 1982, when Argentine Navy forces seized control of the east coast of South Georgia after overpowering a small group of Royal Marines at Grytviken.

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Italian Army

The Italian Army is the land force branch of the Italian Armed Forces.

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Kosovo Force

The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo.

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LARC-V

LARC-V (Lighter, Amphibious Resupply, Cargo, 5 (V) ton), is an aluminium-hulled amphibious cargo vehicle capable of transporting 5 tons.

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Marines

Marines (or naval infantry) are soldiers who primarily operate in littoral zones, both on land and at sea.

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Military history of Argentina

The military history of Argentina spans a period of over two centuries.

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Panhard ERC

The Panhard ERC (Engin à Roues, Canon; "Wheeled vehicle, cannon") is a French six-wheeled armoured car which is highly mobile and amphibious with an option of being NBC-proof.

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Paraguayan War

The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870.

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Port Belgrano Naval Base

Port Belgrano Naval Base (Base Naval Puerto Belgrano - BNPB) is the largest naval base of the Argentine Navy, situated next to Punta Alta, near Bahía Blanca, about south of Buenos Aires.

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Serbia

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.

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Snipe incident

The Snipe incident was a military incident that took place between Chile and Argentina during 1958 as a result of a border dispute in the Beagle Channel.

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Spanish Marine Infantry

The Marine Infantry (Infantería de Marina) is the naval infantry branch of the Spanish Navy responsible for conducting amphibious warfare. Argentine Marines and Spanish Marine Infantry are Marines.

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Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–1777)

The Spanish-Portuguese War, also known as the Second Cevallos expedition, was fought between 1776 and 1777 over the border between Spanish and Portuguese South America.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara

The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (بعثة الأممالمتحدة لتنظيماستفتاء في الصحراء الغربية; Mission des Nations Unies pour l'Organisation d'un Référendum au Sahara Occidental; Misión de las Naciones Unidas para la Organización de un Referéndum en el Sáhara Occidental; MINURSO) is the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara, established in 1991 under United Nations Security Council Resolution 690 as part of the Settlement Plan, which had paved way for a cease-fire in the conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front (representing the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) over the contested territory of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara).

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United Nations peacekeeping

Peacekeeping by the United Nations is a role of the UN's Department of Peace Operations as an "instrument developed by the organization as a way to help countries torn by conflict to create the conditions for lasting peace".

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United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus

The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is a United Nations peacekeeping force that was established under United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 in 1964 to prevent a recurrence of fighting following intercommunal violence between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, to contribute to the maintenance and restoration of law and order and to facilitate a return to normal conditions.

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United Nations Protection Force

The United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR; also known by its French acronym FORPRONU: Force de Protection des Nations Unies) was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars.

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United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti

The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti), also known as MINUSTAH, an acronym of its French name, was a UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti from 2004 to 2017.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Uruguayan Civil War

The Uruguayan Civil War, also known in Spanish as the Guerra Grande ("Great War"), was a series of armed conflicts between the leaders of Uruguayan independence.

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Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (Virreinato del Río de la Plata or Virreinato de las Provincias del Río de la Plata) meaning "River of the Silver", also called the "Viceroyalty of River Plate" in some scholarly writings, in southern South America, was the last to be organized and also the shortest-lived of one of the viceroyalties of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.

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1963 Argentine Navy revolt

The 1963 Argentine Navy revolt in spanish called Azules y Colorados (Blues and Colored) was an armed confrontation between elements of the Argentine military that lasted from 21 September 1962 to 5 April 1963.

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1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands

The Invasion of the Falkland Islands (Invasión de las Islas Malvinas), code-named Operation Rosario (Operación Rosario), was a military operation launched by Argentine forces on 2 April 1982, to capture the Falkland Islands, and served as a catalyst for the subsequent Falklands War.

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5th Marine Battalion (Argentina)

The 5th Marine Battalion (Spanish Batallón de Infantería de Marina 5, abbreviated to BIM-5) is a battalion of the Argentine Marines. Argentine Marines and 5th Marine Battalion (Argentina) are naval units and formations of Argentina.

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See also

Naval units and formations of Argentina

• 5th Marine Battalion (Argentina)
• Amphibious Commandos Group
• Argentine Marines
• Argentine Naval Hydrographic Service
• List of submarines of Submarine Force Command
• Naval Air Fighter Attack Squadron
• Sea Fleet Command (Argentina)
• Tactical Divers Group

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Marines

Also known as Argentina Marines, Argentine Marine Corps, Argentine Marine Infantry, Argentine Naval Infantry Command, Argentine Navy Infantry, Argentine naval infantry, Comando de la Infantería de Marina, IMARA, Infantería de Marina de la Armada de la República Argentina, Marine Infantry Command, Naval Infantry Command, Naval Infantry of the Navy of the Argentine Republic.