Combined land and air branches of the Mexican Armed Forces
Mexican Army
Ejército Mexicano
Mexican Army emblem
Founded
1821
Country
Mexico
Type
Army and air force
Role
National defense
Size
261,773 (2024)
Part of
Secretariat of National Defense Mexican Armed Forces
Motto(s)
Siempre Leales (Always Loyal)
Colors
Blue
Mascot(s)
Golden eagle
Anniversaries
19 February, Day of the Army.[1]
13 September, Día de los Niños Héroes.[2]
Equipment
See: Equipment
Engagements
Mexican War of Independence Annexation of Central America Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico Texas Revolution Pastry War Capture of Monterey Mexican–American War Caste War of Yucatán Reform War French Intervention Mexican Revolution Border War Cristero War World War II Dirty War Zapatista Uprising 1999 East Timorese crisis Mexican Drug War
Commanders
Commander of the Army
Celestino Ávila Astudillo
Insignia
Guidon
Military unit
The Mexican Army (Spanish: Ejército Mexicano) is the combined land and air branch and is the largest part of the Mexican Armed Forces; it is also known as the National Defense Army.
The Army is under the authority of the Secretariat of National Defense or SEDENA and is headed by the Secretary of National Defence.
It was the first army to adopt (1908) and use (1910) a self-loading rifle, the Mondragón rifle. The Mexican Army has an active duty force of 261,773 men and women in 2024.
^19 de febrero.- Día del Ejército Mexicano. Archived 1 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
^Sola, Bertha. "Día de los Niños Héroes Archived 21 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). esmas.com.
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