Fuerzas Armadas del Uruguay
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| Commander in Chief : | Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou | ||
| Defense Minister: | Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro | ||
| Headquarters: | Montevideo | ||
| Armed forces: |
 Ejército Nacional Armada Nacional Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya 
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| Military strength | |||
| Active soldiers: | 29,710 (2013) | ||
| Conscription: | No | ||
| Resilient population: | 831,297, of which 672,030 suitable (2003) | ||
| Eligibility for military service: | 18-49 | ||
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| Military budget: | $ 7.582 million (2013) | ||
| Share of gross domestic product : | 0.668% (2013) | ||
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| Founding: | 1828 | ||
The Fuerzas Armadas del Uruguay (FF.AA.) are the armed forces of the State of Uruguay . The three branches of the armed forces are constitutionally subordinate to the president through the defense minister .
The strength of the armed forces and the military budget have been reduced again and again over the past 30 years. At the beginning of 2014, the proportion of military personnel comprised 29,710 people, 1.8% of the workforce in Uruguay. Soldiers can in after 20 years of service with a third of their final salary pension go. The share increases with each additional year of service (max. 30 years of service).
Commanders are Nelson Pintos in the Army General Staff, Guido Manini Ríos in the Army, Leonardo Alonso in the Navy and Washington Martínez in the Air Force.
Armed forces
army
The army ( Ejército Nacional ) had a manpower of around 14,500 in 2008 and is divided into four divisions . The portion of the defense budget allocated to the armed forces in 2013 was 4,079.4 million Uruguayan pesos .
marine
The navy ( Armada Nacional ) including the coast guard ( Prefectura Nacional Naval ) had a manpower of around 4,740 people in 2013. The portion of the defense budget allocated to the armed forces in 2013 was 1,571.7 million Uruguayan pesos. The area to be monitored along the 1,400 miles of coastline covers an area of 142,000 square kilometers. The Navy is equipped with 14 ships or boats, including three frigates , three patrol boats and three deminers . The Navy also includes a Marine Corps ( Cuerpo de Fusileros Navales ), which is divided into four brigades ( company strength). The Navy uses the following helicopters and aircraft: Beechcraft T-34C Mentor , S-2 Tracker , Westland Wessex , Beech King Air 200 and BAe Jetstream .
air force
The Air Force ( Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya ) had a manpower of 3,000 people in 2008 and is equipped with FMA IA-58 Pucará and Cessna A-37B Dragonfly . The following are used as training aircraft: the Aermacchi SF-260 , Beechcraft B-58 Baron and Pilatus PC-7 . The following transport aircraft are used: the Lockheed C-130B Hercules , Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante , Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia , Casa C-212-200 Aviocar , Cessna 206H Stationair and Cessna T-41D Mescalero . The Air Force uses the following helicopters : Bell UH-1H Iroquois , Bell 212 , Eurocopter AS-365 N2 Dauphin and Westland HC-2 Wessex . The portion of the defense budget allocated to the armed forces in 2013 was 1,089.7 million Uruguayan pesos.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Martín Viggiano: Fuerzas Armadas: menos y más baratas ( Memento of August 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , El Observador , February 5, 2014.
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20150430002036/http://www.fau.mil.uy/
