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Argentine military

Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic
Fuerzas Armadas de la República Argentina
Coat of arms of Argentina.svg
Coat of arms of Argentina
Current form 9 September 1948
Service branches Army
Navy
Air Force
National Gendarmerie
Naval Prefecture
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief President Mauricio Macri
Minister of Defense Julio César Martinez
Chief of the EMC Major-General VGMBari del Valle Sosa
Manpower
Military age 18 years old
Expenditures
Percent of GDP 0.8%
Industry
Domestic suppliers Argentine defense industry
Foreign suppliers  United States
 France
 Germany
 Spain
 Israel
 Brazil
 Austria
 Russia
 China
 Italy
 Belgium
Related articles
History Military history of Argentina
Ranks Military ranks of Argentina

The Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, in Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de la República Argentina, are controlled by the Commander-in-Chief (the President) and a civilian Minister of Defense. In addition to the Army, Navy and Air Force, there are two security forces, controlled by the Ministry of Security, which can be mobilized in occasion of an armed conflict: the National Gendarmerie, a gendarmerie used to guard borders and places of strategic importance; and the Naval Prefecture, a coast guard used to protect internal major rivers and maritime territory.

Traditionally, Argentina maintains close defense cooperation and military-supply relationships with the United States and Russia, and to a lesser extent, with Israel, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Belarus, Turkmenistan, and Italy.

The Argentine military, as has been the tendency in other Latin American countries, were considerably more influential in former times. Starting in 1930 and throughout the 20th century, democratic governments were more often than not interrupted by military coups (see History of Argentina). The terrible consequences of the last dictatorship destroyed the military image as the moral reserve of the nation and opened the way to transform them to into today's armed forces.

After the Revolución Libertadora coup that deposed president Juan Domingo Perón in 1955, the armed forces split into opposing sectors named Azules y colorados ("Blues and Reds"). The fight would end in 1963 with military clashes and the defeat of the reds who were opposed to Perón.


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