1st Army Division (Peru)

1st Army Division
I División de Ejército
CountryPeru
BranchPeruvian Army
SizeDivision
GarrisonPiura
Nickname(s)I DE
Motto(s)Siempre victoriosos[a]
EngagementsEcuadorian–Peruvian Border War Expropriation of La Brea y Pariñas
Commanders
Current
commander		Orestes Vargas Ortiz[2]
Notable
commanders		Eloy Ureta

The 1st Army Division (Spanish: I División de Ejército), formerly the Northern Army Detachment (Spanish: Agrupamiento del Norte), is a combined infantry division unit of the Peruvian Army (EP) that specialized in combat patrol in mountain forest terrain, combined arms, counterinsurgency, jungle warfare, and maneuver warfare.

History

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General Ureta and members of the Northern Army Detachment in 1941.
Generals of the Northern Army Detachment in 1941.

First founded as a Region, its headquarters were relocated by Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro's administration from Lambayeque to Piura in 1930.[3] It was then reorganized under Manuel Prado's administration and renamed as the Northern Army Detachment (Spanish: Agrupamiento del Norte) in January 1941, under the command of then General Eloy Ureta.[4] After hostilities broke out with Ecuador on July of the same year, the division took on a major role during the conflict, carrying out an offensive on the Ecuadorian coast.[5][6]

In the 1960s, the unit was again renamed to the 1st Military Region, and again in 2003 as the Northern Military Region.[3] In 2012, by Legislative Decree No. 1137 “Peruvian Army Law”, the military regions again became army divisions. As a result, the unit's name was again changed to its current one.[3][7]

The division's coat of arms features a Sun of May and other features that represent certain elements of the division.[8]

Organization

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The 1st Army Division is formed by the following units:[9]

  • 1st Infantry Brigade
  • 1st Cavalry Brigade
  • Artillery Group Crl. José Joaquín Inclán
  • 6th Jungle Brigade
  • 7th Infantry Brigade
  • 32nd Infantry Brigade
  • 9th Armored Brigade
  • 1st Services Brigade

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A longer version, meant to be a call and response chant, is as follows:[1]
    I División de Ejército: "Invencible"
    Como en el año 41: "Victoria"
    Como en el año 81: "Victoria"
    Como en el año 95: "Victoria"
    Sus fronteras: "Intocables"
    Todo el norte: "Protegido"
    Viva el Perú: ¡Viva!

References

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  1. ^ "Himno y Lema de la I División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Comandante del Comando Operacional del Norte fue reconocido en ceremonia presidida por el Jefe del Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas". Gob.pe (in Spanish). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Reseña Histórica de la I División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. ^ Vadillo Vila, José (18 October 2020). "La muerte del mariscal Eloy G. Ureta, héroe de Zarumilla". El Peruano. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  5. ^ Compendio de la Historia General del Ejército del Perú (in Spanish). Biblioteca General y Aula Virtual del Ejército. 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  6. ^ Monteza Tafur, Miguel (1976). El Conflicto Militar del Perú con el Ecuador, 1941 (in Spanish). Lima: Editorial Arica. pp. 32–36. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Decreto Legislativo N° 1137 - Norma Legal Diario Oficial El Peruano". El Peruano (in Spanish). 10 December 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Heráldica de la I División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  9. ^ "I División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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