Brazilian Marine Corps
| Brazilian Marine Corps Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais |
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Brazilian Marine Corps seal.
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| Founded | 1808 |
| Country |
 Brazil |
| Type | Naval infantry |
| Size | 18,000 |
| Part of |
 Brazilian Navy
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| General-Command HQ | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Motto(s) | Adsumus (English: Here we are) |
| Colors | Red and white |
| Anniversaries | March 7 |
| Commanders | |
| Commander-in-Chief | President Michel Temer |
| Commander of the Navy | Admiral Eduardo Leal Ferreira |
| General-Commander of the Marine Corps | Admiral Fernando Antonio de Siqueira Ribeiro |
| Insignia | |
| Flag |  |
The Brazilian Marine Corps (CFN; Portuguese: Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais, literally "corps of naval troopers") is the land combat branch of the Brazilian Navy.
Deployed nationwide, along the coast, in the riverine regions of Amazon and in the Pantanal, in peacetime it provides for the security of Naval installations and aids isolated populations through civic action programs in the Naval Districts. Abroad, it provides security for the Embassies of Brazil in Algeria, in Paraguay, in Haiti and in Bolivia. It has participated in all of the armed conflicts in the Military history of Brazil, foreign and domestic.
The badge consists of a fouled anchor superimposed over a pair of crossed rifles. It is worn on the collar points of the dress and service uniforms and on the Ribbon Bonnet (Gorro de Fita).
The Brazilian Marines trace their origin to 1808 when the troops of the Royal Brigade of the Navy (the Portuguese Marine Corps) arrived in Brazil (then a Portuguese colony) when Mary I of Portugal and her son Prince Regent John (later King John VI of Portugal) relocated themselves to the Portuguese South American territory during the Napoleonic Wars in Europe.
In retaliation for the invasion of Portugal, Prince Regent, Dom João ordered the invasion of French Guiana, whose capital, Cayenne, was captured on the 14th of January 1809.
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