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Brazilian Marine Corps
Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais
The seal of the Brazilian Marine Corps
Founded1808; 216 years ago (1808)
CountryBrazilian Marine Corps Brazil
TypeNaval infantry
Size18,000
Part of Brazilian Navy
General-Command HQRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nickname(s)CFN
Motto(s)Adsumus (English: Here we are)
ColorsRed and white   
AnniversariesMarch 7
EngagementsInvasion 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-ChiefBrazilian Marine Corps President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Commander of the NavyBrazilian Marine Corps Admiral Marcos Sampaio Olsen
Commandant General of the Marine CorpsBrazilian Marine Corps Admiral Carlos Chagas Vianna Braga
Insignia
Flag
Emblem

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.

  1. ^ Trevor Nevitt Dupuy (1993). International military and defense encyclopedia, Volume 1. Brassey's (US). p. 137.

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