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Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
's armed forces
Armed forces

The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggressors....
 are subject to civilian control
Civilian control of the military

Civilian control of the military is a doctrine in military science and political science that places ultimate command responsibility for a Country military strategy Group decision making in the hands of the civilian politics leadership, rather than professional military Officer ....
 exercised by the president through the Minister of Defense. Military service of 12 to 24 months is mandatory for all male citizens upon turning 18. This conscription service can be postponed for educational or religious reasons. In recent years and after several major reequipment programs, the Chilean Armed Forces have become one of the most technologically advanced and professional of the Americas.

Army The current Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army
Chilean Army

The Chilean Army is the land arm of the Military of Chile. This 45,000-person army is organized into seven divisions, a special operations brigade and an air brigade....
  is Gen.






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Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
's armed forces
Armed forces

The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggressors....
 are subject to civilian control
Civilian control of the military

Civilian control of the military is a doctrine in military science and political science that places ultimate command responsibility for a Country military strategy Group decision making in the hands of the civilian politics leadership, rather than professional military Officer ....
 exercised by the president through the Minister of Defense. Military service of 12 to 24 months is mandatory for all male citizens upon turning 18. This conscription service can be postponed for educational or religious reasons. In recent years and after several major reequipment programs, the Chilean Armed Forces have become one of the most technologically advanced and professional of the Americas.

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Army

The current Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army
Chilean Army

The Chilean Army is the land arm of the Military of Chile. This 45,000-person army is organized into seven divisions, a special operations brigade and an air brigade....
  is Gen. Óscar Izurieta Ferrer. The 45,000-person army is organized into six divisions and one air brigade. The army operates Leopard 1V as main battle tank. The purchase of 140 second hand Leopard 2A4 from the German army is under delivery. It must be noted that the Chilean Army has never lost a war. This is stated in their main statement "siempre vencedor y jamas vencido", with English translation: "always victorious and never defeated".

Navy

Admiral Rodolfo Codina Díaz directs the 18,000-person Chilean Navy
Chilean Navy

The Chilean Navy is the naval force of Chile....
, including 4,800 Marines. Of the fleet of 66 surface vessels, eight are major combatant ships and they are based in Valparaíso
Valparaíso

Valpara?so is a major city in Chile and one of that country's most important seaports and an increasingly vital cultural center in the hemisphere's Pacific Southwest....
. The navy operates its own aircraft for transport and patrol; there are no fighter or bomber aircraft but they have attack helicopters. The Navy also operates four submarines based in Talcahuano
Talcahuano

Talcahuano is a municipality and port city in the Bio-Bio Region of Chile. It is part of the Greater Concepci?n conurbation.Geography ...
.

Air Force

Gen. Ricardo Ortega Perrier heads 11,000 strong Chilean Air Force
Chilean Air Force

The Chilean Air Force is the air force of Chile, a branch of the Military of Chile....
. Air assets are distributed among five air brigades headquartered in Iquique
Iquique

||-||-||-||-||}Iquique is a city in northern Chile, capital of Tarapac? Region, on the Pacific coast, west of the Atacama Desert and the Pampa del Tamarugal....
, Antofagasta
Antofagasta

is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago, Chile. It is the capital of both Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2002 census, the city has an urban population of 281,155 and a municipal population of 296,905....
, Santiago
Santiago, Chile

Santiago , is the Capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of 520 m Above mean sea level....
, Puerto Montt
Puerto Montt

Puerto Montt is a port city and commune in southern Chile, located at the northern end of the Reloncav? Sound in the Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region....
, and Punta Arenas. The Air Force also operates an airbase on King George Island
King George Island

King George Island is the largest of the South Shetland Islands, situated at , 120 kilometers off the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean....
, Antarctica.

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