The Brazilian Armed Forces are the unified military forces of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Consisting of three service branches,it comprises the Brazilian Army,the Brazilian Navy and the Brazilian Air Force.
The Brazilian Navy is the naval service branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces,responsible for conducting naval operations.
USS Hermitage (LSD-34) was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for The Hermitage,President Andrew Jackson's estate just outside Nashville,Tennessee.
NAeSão Paulo was a Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier in service with the Brazilian Navy. São Paulo was first commissioned in 1963 by the French Navy as Foch and was transferred in 2000 to Brazil,where she became the new flagship of the Brazilian Navy. IHS Jane's reported that during her career with the Brazilian Navy,São Paulo suffered from serviceability issues and never managed to operate for more than three months at a time without the need for repairs and maintenance.
The Naval School is a higher education military academy which aims to train officers for the Brazilian Navy. It is located in Rio de Janeiro,on Villegagnon Island just inside of Guanabara Bay.
The Brazilian Marine Corps,is the land combat branch of the Brazilian Navy. The Corps is specialised in amphibious warfare.
The Brazilian Naval Aviation is the air component of the Brazilian Navy,currently called Força Aeronaval. Most of its air structure is subordinated to the Naval Air Force Command,the military organization responsible for providing operational air support from Navy vessels,while four squadrons are subordinated to the Naval Districts,responsible for inland and coastal waters. ComForAerNav is headquartered at the Naval Air Base of São Pedro da Aldeia,where all aircraft fleet level maintenance is carried out and where the Aeronaval Instruction and Training Center is located,which forms its staff. Its pilots,all officers with one to three years of prior naval experience,fly its helicopters,airplanes and Remotely Piloted Aircraft as extensions of the ships' weaponry and sensors.
The Combat Divers Group,abbreviated to GRUMEC,is a special operations and counterterrorism unit of the Brazilian Navy. Their main attributions include tasks such as reconnaissance,sabotage,hostage rescue and the elimination of targets of strategic value in maritime and riverine environments.
Almirante Tamandaré was a protected cruiser operated by the Brazilian Navy from 1897 to 1915. The construction of the cruiser was the result of Brazil's effort to develop a large steel ship,but the country had no experience with this type of ship,and the project resulted in an unreliable vessel.
The Imperial Brazilian Navy was the navy created at the time of the independence of the Empire of Brazil from the United Kingdom of Portugal,Brazil and the Algarves. It existed between 1822 and 1889 during the vacancy of the constitutional monarchy.
NAM Atlântico (A140) is an amphibious helicopter carrier and current flagship of the Brazilian Navy. Originally constructed in the United Kingdom for service with the Royal Navy as a landing platform helicopter,she was commissioned on 30 September 1998 as HMS Ocean,serving until being decommissioned on 27 March 2018,and then commissioned into service with Brazil the following June.
Ilques Barbosa Junior is a Brazilian Admiral of the Fleet,former Chief of General Staff and Commander of the Navy from January 2019 to March 2021.
Bento Costa Lima Leite de Alburquerque Júnior is a Brazilian admiral who had served as Minister of Mines and Energy.
The Brazilian Navy has a large number of active and planned projects,under the modernization plans of the Brazilian Armed Forces,defined in the National Defense White Paper. From 2010,Brazil started a radical change in its military policy,aiming to consolidate itself as the major power of Latin America,then the country's military strategists saw the great importance in modernize the Navy,both in terms of global projection and deterrence against possible threats to national interests by foreign powers from the year 2040,the total estimated budget for the plan was estimated in US$ 119 billion in 2010.
The Aerospace Operations Command is a joint command of the Brazilian Armed Forces in charge of planning,coordinating and conducting the employment of aerospace assets. Although part of the Brazilian Air Force's structure,it includes personnel from the Brazilian Army and Navy. COMAE is the central body in the Brazilian Aerospace Defense System and as such,it is directly responsible for the aerospace defense of Brazilian territory and may control Air Force,Army and Navy units.
Madeira Island Submarine Base,commonly shortned BSIM is a submarine base of the Brazilian Navy,located in Itaguaí,Brazil.
The Brazilian Submarine Force Command,is the submarine force of the Brazilian Navy. The ComForS is one of the oldest commands of the Brazilian Armed Forces.
The Foca class,or simply F,was the first naval class of submarines operated by the Brazilian Navy. It consisted of the F1,F3 and F5 submarines designed by Italian naval engineer Cesare Laurenti and built in La Spezia,Italy. The name Foca comes from the Portuguese vessel of the class. The class was part of Brazil's 1906 naval program to acquire warships to modernize its navy. The submarines were acquired to serve as a training and maintenance platform for the crews,with few naval actions during the 19 years they were active. The navy incorporated the class on 17 July 1914 and,as a result,expanded its naval structure to house these new vessels,such as the creation of the first naval school for submariners and the incorporation of ships designed to support submarines only.
Benjamin Constant was a training ship that belonged to the Benjamin Constant-class of the Brazilian Navy. It was the first ship in the Navy to be named after Brazilian military officer Benjamin Constant and the first to be designed as a purpose-built training ship. Built in 1891 and launched in 1892,it had a 32-year long career,making dozens of instruction trips,and also securing Brazilian possession of Trindade Island. It had the nicknames "Garça Branca" and "Beijoca" (Smack). The ship was discharged from service on 22 February 1926. Its hull was destroyed by a fire in 1938. It was dismantled in 1949.
Marcos Sampaio Olsen is a Brazilian navy admiral,incumbent Brazilian Navy Commander. He joined the military career in 1979 and was declared Guard of the Navy in 1982. Olsen acted as commander of minesweeper NV Atalaia (M-17) and submarine S Tapajó and as chief mate of submarine S Tamoio and aircraft carrier NAe São Paulo.
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