• as the Argentine marines, are the amphibious warfare branch of the Argentine Navy and one of its four operational commands. The Argentine marines trace...
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    The Argentine Marine Corps (Infantería de Marina de la Armada de la República Argentina or IMARA) is a part of the Argentine Navy. Argentine marines have...
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    Grande Marine Garrison (Agrupación IM Río Grande). At 20:00 on 22 December 1978 a task force of the Argentine Navy and the Argentine Marines ( Batallón...
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    command of the Marines due to his seniority, while Major Gary Noott became the military advisor to Governor Hunt. The total strength was 68 Marines and 11 sailors...
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    Invasion of South Georgia (category History of the Royal Marines)
    landing clearance and then raised the Argentine flag. The scrap workers had been infiltrated by Argentine marines posing as civilian scientists. The only...
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    The Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, and officially as the Corps of Royal Marines, are the United Kingdom's amphibious special...
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    Power Dynamics, LLC of Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.  Argentina Argentine Marines Argentine Army  Australia Australian Army Australian Antarctic Division...
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    the Marine canines, Negro and Ñaro.Argentine Panhard armoured cars were moved forward to the edge of Stanley to cover the retreating Argentine Marines. Marine...
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  • (born June 1959) is a British Royal Marines officer who commanded the defence of South Georgia against the 1982 Argentine invasion. Early on 3 April 1982...
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    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi)...
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  • Canberra B.62 Bomber Argentine Marines during Operation Rosario. A Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King can be seen on the background. Argentine Naval Aviation Douglas...
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    Barker, was sent to order the Argentines off the island. Endurance had a small Royal Marines detachment and took further Marines from Naval Party 8901 (NP...
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    Falklands War (category 1982 in Argentina)
    the territories' sovereignty. Argentina asserted (and maintains) that the islands are Argentine territory, and the Argentine government thus described its...
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    Grytviken was captured by Argentine forces in early April 1982 following a brief battle with Royal Marines. The Royal Marines, SAS and SBS retook the settlement...
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    The Argentine Naval Aviation (Spanish: Comando de la Aviación Naval Argentina, COAN) is the naval aviation branch of the Argentine Navy and one of its...
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    Deception Island incident (category History of the Royal Marines)
    group of British Royal Marines landed on Deception Island in Antarctica, took two Argentine sailors prisoner and destroyed an Argentine Navy base. A nearby...
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    carrier in the Argentine Navy from 1969 to 1997. The English translation of the name is Twenty-fifth of May, which is the date of Argentina's May Revolution...
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    two hits on towed targets.  Argentina Argentine Army: Four Tigercat launchers captured in the Falklands Conflict. Argentine Navy: Two Seacat launchers...
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  • the Argentine Army: Infantry Artillery Cavalry Communications Engineers The following are the currently used service insignia emblems of the Argentine Army:...
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    branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the Army and the Air Force. The Argentine Navy day is celebrated on May 17, anniversary...
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    South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands sovereignty dispute (category 1927 establishments in Argentina)
    Endurance with 22 Royal Marines to expel the Argentines, but they were held off to avoid increasing the tension. Further Argentine troops, led by Lieutenant...
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    War was the surrender of the Argentine Governor at Port Stanley. At 21:00 on 14 June 1982, the commander of the Argentine garrison in Stanley, General...
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    Falkland Islands Dependencies (category Argentine military occupations)
    South Georgia on 11 March carrying Argentine Marines" Rowland White, Vulcan 607, London, Bantam Press, p30. "Marines land in South Georgia". BBC News....
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    Ushuaia. Argentine activities in Antarctica are coordinated by the Instituto Antártico Argentino (IAA) and Argentine Antarctic Program. The Argentine exploration...
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  • 2 April, after a group of Argentina military infiltrated a group of Argentine scrap metal merchants and raised the Argentine flag at South Georgia 19 March...
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  • Argentine intelligence officers had been working with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to help fund the Contras in Nicaragua, and the Argentine government...
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    ARA Santa Fe (S-21) (category Balao-class submarines of the Argentine Navy)
    submarine returned to Argentina, arriving on 7 April. On 12 April, Santa Fe was ordered to ferry a party of Argentine marines and supplies to Grytviken...
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    South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (category Territorial disputes of Argentina)
    The Argentine claim over South Georgia contributed to the 1982 Falklands War, during which Argentine forces briefly occupied the island. Argentina continues...
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  • Commando is a fighting unit within the Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade. Based at Norton Manor, Royal Marines Condor and 42 Commando are based at Bickleigh...
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    was in October 1979 from Argentina, for 36 units, to be used by Argentine Marines to patrol the long border between Argentina and Chile.[citation needed]...
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