Monument to the Boy Heroes also known as Los Niños Héroes at the Heroic Military Academy/Mexican Military Academy for sacrificing themselves in battle during the Mexican-American war.
Founded
1821
Service branches
Mexican Army
Mexican Air Force
Mexican Navy
Headquarters
Mexico City
Leadership
Commander-in-chief
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Secretary of National Defense
General Luis Cresencio Sandoval
Secretary of the Navy
Admiral José Rafael Ojeda Durán
Personnel
Military age
18[1]
Conscription
Yes
Active personnel
411,947[2] (ranked 18th)
Reserve personnel
98,653[3]
Expenditures
Budget
US$19,530,674,192 billion (2024)[4]
Percent of GDP
0.97% (2024 est.)
Related articles
Ranks
Military ranks of Mexico
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The Mexican Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de México) are the military forces of the United Mexican States. The Spanish crown established a standing military in colonial Mexico in the eighteenth century.[5] After Mexican independence in 1821, the military played an important political role, with army generals serving as heads of state.[6] Following the collapse of the Federal Army during the 1910–1920 Mexican Revolution, former revolutionary generals systematically downsized the size and power of the military.[7] The Mexican military forces are composed of two independent entities: the Mexican Army and the Mexican Navy. The Mexican Army includes the Mexican Air Force, while the Mexican Navy includes the Naval Infantry Force (Marine Corps) and the Naval Aviation (FAN). The Army and Navy are controlled by two separate government departments, the National Defense Secretariat and the Naval Secretariat, and maintain two independent chains of command, with no joint command except the President of Mexico.
^"CIA – The World Factbook – Mexico". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
^IISS 2023, pp. 411-412
^IISS 2018, pp. 411-412
^Congressional Budget of the Republic [https:«Presupuesto de Egresos de la Federación para el Ejercicio Fiscal 2024 (página 40)» https:«Presupuesto de Egresos de la Federación para el Ejercicio Fiscal 2024 (página 40)»]. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
^Archer, Christon I. The Army in Bourbon Mexico, 1760–1810. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1977.
^Archer, Christon I. “Military: 1821–1914” in Encyclopedia of Mexico. 904–910
^Lieuwen, Edwin. Mexican Militarism, 1910–1940: The Political Rise and Fall of the Revolutionary Army. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1968; reprinted By Greenwood Press 1981.
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador
General Luis Cresencio Sandoval
