Naval warfare Protection of the seas and rivers of Colombia
Size
35,086 As of September 2013[update][2] ~13,000 Officers & sailors ~22,000 Marine Infantry
Motto(s)
Plus Ultra (Latin: further beyond)
March
"Viva Colombia, soy marinero"
Anniversaries
July 24
Engagements
Battle of Lake Maracaibo Thousand Days War (Civil war) Colombia-Peru War World War II Korean War Colombian Armed Conflict Operation Atalanta[3]
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief
President Gustavo Petro
Minister of Defense
Iván Velásquez Gómez
Commander of the Military Forces
General Commander Helder Férnan Giraldo
National Navy Commander
Admiral Francisco Cubides
Notable commanders
José Prudencio Padilla
Insignia
Naval ensign
Naval jack
Flag
Standard
Military unit
The Colombian Navy, officially the Colombian National Navy (Spanish: Armada Nacional de la República de Colombia), also known as the "Armada Nacional" or just the "Armada" in Spanish, is the naval branch of the military forces of Colombia.
The Navy is responsible for security and defence in the Colombian zones of both the Atlantic (Caribbean) and Pacific oceans, the extensive network of rivers inside the country, and a few small land areas under its direct jurisdiction.
The Colombian Navy has a strength of 35,086 personnel as of September 2013[update] including approximately 22,000 in the Marine Infantry corps.[2]
The acronym "ARC", (Spanish: Armada de la República de Colombia) is used both as the official ship prefix for all the Colombian Navy ships, as well as a common short name for the Navy itself.
^"Colombia's National Navy turns 190 years old". 24 July 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ ab"Logros de la Política Integral de Seguridad y Defensa para la Prosperidad - PISDP - Septiembre 2013" (PDF) (in Spanish). Republic of Colombia Ministry of National Defense. September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
^Infodefensa.com (9 March 2015). "Colombia se une a la operación multinacional Atalanta-2015 - Noticias Infodefensa América". infodefensa.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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