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Brazilian Armed Forces. The Brazilian Armed Forces ( Portuguese: Forças Armadas Brasileiras, IPA: [ˈfoʁsɐz ɐʁˈmadɐz bɾaziˈlejɾɐs]) are the unified military forces of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Consisting of three service branches, it comprises the Brazilian Army (including the Brazilian Army Aviation ), the Brazilian Navy ...
Women are exempt from mandatory military service in Brazil, but may volunteer as career or temporary military personnel. [320] The Brazilian Army was the first in South America to allow women as career soldiers. [321] The first formal participation of women in the Brazilian Army was in 1943, with FEB nurses.
The military history of Brazil comprises centuries of armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Brazil, and the role of the Brazilian Armed Forces in conflicts and peacekeeping worldwide. For several hundreds of years, the area was the site of intertribal wars of indigenous peoples. Beginning in the 16th century, the arrival of ...
The military dictatorship in Brazil ( Portuguese: ditadura militar ), occasionally referred to as the Fifth Brazilian Republic, [3] [4] was established on 1 April 1964, after a coup d'état by the Brazilian Armed Forces, with support from the United States government, [5] against president João Goulart. The Brazilian dictatorship lasted for 21 ...
Brazilian War of Independence. (1822–1825) Brazil. Portugal. Victory. Treaty of Rio de Janeiro (1825) Pedro I. Confederation of the Equator.
Location: State: Code Base name Operative Note Curitiba: PR: Bacacheri Air Force Base: 1942-1980: Became Bacacheri Airport: Recife: PE: BARF: Recife Air Force Base: 1941-2024: Became exclusively Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport
This is a list of active Brazilian Navy ships. The Navy has approximately 134 ships in commission, including 39 auxiliary ships. 9 frigates/corvettes, 5 conventional attack submarines and 1 helicopter carrier. This list presents only the major combatant and auxiliary vessels in active service and in construction.
The Brazilian Expeditionary Force ( Portuguese: Força Expedicionária Brasileira, FEB ), nicknamed Cobras Fumantes (literally "the Smoking Snakes "), [ 1] was a military division of the Brazilian Army and Air Force that fought as part of Allied forces in the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II. It numbered around 25,900 men, including a full ...