Argentine Marines
| Argentine Navy Infantry Infantería de Marina de la Armada de la República Argentina |
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IMARA insignia
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| Active | 1 January 1939 - present |
| Country |
 Argentina
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| Type | Marines |
| Role | Amphibious Warfare |
| Size | 5.500 |
| Part of |
 Argentine Navy
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| Motto(s) |
PATRIAE SEMPER VIGILES (Always vigilant for the Fatherland) |
| March |
Marcha de la Infantería de Marina (Marine march) |
| Anniversaries | 19 November 1879 |
| Engagements |
Beagle conflict Falkland War |
| Commanders | |
| Current | Rear. Adm. Pedro Eugenio Galardi |
The Naval Infantry Command (Spanish: Comando de la Infantería de Marina, abbreviated COIM), also known as the Naval Infantry of the Navy of the Argentine Republic (Spanish: Infantería de Marina de la Armada de la República Argentina, abbreviated IMARA) and generally referred to in English as the Argentine marines are the amphibious warfare branch of the Argentine Navy and one of its four operational commands.
The Argentine marines trace their origins to the Spanish Naval Infantry, which took part in conflicts in South America in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Argentine marines took part in various conflicts of the nineteenth and twentieth century, notably the War of the Triple Alliance and the Falklands War. The marines (represented by the 5th Naval Infantry Battalion) are considered to have been among the best Argentine combat units present in the Falklands. The most recent war in which Argentine naval infantry took part was the Gulf War of 1990.
Today Argentine naval infantry are frequently deployed on UN peace-keeping missions.
The Marines trace their origins in Spanish Naval Infantry, at the time of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. After the Argentine War of Independence, it was under joint administration of the Argentine Army and the Argentine Navy. A 1946 law placed the marines solely under the jurisdiction of the Navy.
IMARA routinely train in joint exercises with similar units of Brazil, Chile and the United States.
IMARA has two Infantry Companies deployed in Haiti and Cyprus under the auspices of MINUSTAH and UNFICYP respectively in joint operations with the Argentine Army and Argentine Air Force. A small platoon was also deployed in Serbia/UN ProvinceKosovo (NATO KFOR mandate), attached to Argentine Engineers Company, which was in turn attached to the Italian Brigade.
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