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National Army of Colombia
Ejercito Nacional de Colombia
Coat of Arms of the National Army of Colombia
Founded
7 August 1819 (1819-08-07) (204 years, 9 months and 1 day)
Country
Colombia
Type
Army
Role
Land warfare
Size
361,420 active personnel[note 1] 1,687,163 reserve personnel[note 2]
Part of
Military Forces of Colombia
Garrison/HQ
Comando del Ejército Bogota D.C., Colombia
Motto(s)
Patria, Honor, Lealtad "Homeland, Honor, Loyalty"
Colors
Red with Army Crest [2]
March
Himno del Ejército "Army Anthem"
Anniversaries
August 7 (Battle of Boyacá)
Engagements
Colombian Independence War
Gran Colombia–Peru War
Ecuadorian–Colombian War
Thousand Days War
Leticia Incident
Korean War
Colombian Armed Conflict
Operation Traira
Website
www.ejercito.mil.co
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief
President Gustavo Petro
Notable commanders
Simon Bolivar, Francisco de Paula Santander, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Harold Bedoya Pizarro, Manuel José Bonnet Rafael Reyes Prieto
Insignia
Flag
Military unit
The National Army of Colombia (Spanish: Ejército Nacional de Colombia) is the land warfare service branch of the Military Forces of Colombia. With over 361,420 active personnel as of 2020, it is the largest and oldest service branch in Colombia, and is the second largest army in the Americas after the United States and before the Brazil.
It is headed by the Commandant of the National Army (Comandante del Ejército Nacional), falls under the authority of the Commandant General of the Military Forces (Comandante General de las Fuerzas Militares), and is supervised by the Ministry of National Defense, which answers to the President of Colombia.[3]
The modern Colombian Army has its roots in the Army of the Commoners (Ejército de los Comuneros), which was formed on 7 August 1819 – before the establishment of the present day Colombia – to meet the demands of the Revolutionary War against the Spanish Empire. After their triumph against the Spanish, the Army of the Commoners disbanded, and the Congress of Angostura created the Gran Colombian Army to replace it. Throughout its history, the Colombian Army has seen action in several wars and civil conflicts, including the Gran Colombia-Peru War, the Ecuadorian–Colombian War, the Thousand Days War, and the Korean War. Since the mid-1960s, the Colombian Army has been involved in a low-intensity asymmetrical war known as the Colombian Armed Conflict.
^ ab"The Military Balance." The International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2020, p. 397.
^"Nuestros símbolos - Ejercito Nacional de Colombia". Archived from the original on 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
^"Línea de Mando." Ejercito de Colombia, 2019, www.ejercito.mil.co/conozcanos/linea_mando.
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