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Brazilian Marine Corps | |
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Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais | |
Founded | March 7, 1808 |
Country | Brazil |
Type | Naval infantry |
Size | 18,000 |
Part of | Brazilian Navy |
General-Command HQ | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Nickname(s) | CFN |
Motto(s) | Adsumus (English: Here we are) |
Colors | Red and white |
Anniversaries | March 7 |
Engagements | Invasion of Cayenne (1809) Banda Oriental Conquest (1816) War of Independence (1821–1824) Confederation of the Equator (1824) Cisplatine War (1825–1828) Ragamuffin War (1835–1845) Platine War (1851–1852) Uruguayan War (1864–1865) Paraguayan War (1864–1870) Naval Revolt (1893-1894) Araguaia guerrilla (1972-1974) Operation São Francisco (2014) U.N. missions Haiti (2004-2017) |
Commanders | |
Commander-in-Chief | President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Commander of the Navy | Admiral Marcos Sampaio Olsen |
Commandant General of the Marine Corps | Admiral Carlos Chagas Vianna Braga |
Insignia | |
Flag | |
Emblem |
Brazilian Navy of the Brazilian Armed Forces |
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History and future |
Commands and components |
Air and space command |
Fleet |
The Brazilian Marine Corps (CFN; Portuguese: Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais, lit. 'Corps of Naval Riflemen'),[1] is the land combat branch of the Brazilian Navy. The Corps is specialised in amphibious warfare.