| Argentine National Gendarmerie Gendarmería Nacional Argentina | |
| Abbreviation | GNA |
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| Agency Overview | |
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| Formed | 1938 |
| Employees | 12,000 |
| Volunteers | All non commissioned personnel are volunteers. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A volunteer is someone who works for a community or for the benefit of environment primarily because they choose to do so |
| Legal personality | Governmental agency |
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| Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction) | Argentina |
| Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction. Law enforcement agency ( LEA) is a term used to describe either an organisation that enforces the laws of one or more governing bodies or an organisation that actively and directly For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. In Law, jurisdiction (from the Latin ius iuris meaning "law" and dicere meaning "to speak" is the practical Authority |
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| Headquarters | Ave. Law enforcement agency ( LEA) is a term used to describe either an organisation that enforces the laws of one or more governing bodies or an organisation that actively and directly Headquarters (HQ denotes the location where most if not all of the important functions of an organization are concentrated Antártida Argentina and Gendarmería Nacional St. , Buenos Aires |
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| Regional Headquaters | 4 |
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| http://www.gendarmeria.gov.ar/ (Spanish) | |
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| Phone: 54 11 4310-2500 | |
The Argentine National Gendarmerie (Gendarmería Nacional Argentina; GNA) is the gendarmerie and corps of border guards of Argentina. Campo de Mayo is a large military area located in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, around 30 km from the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. Córdoba, abbreviated as CBA, is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas mountains on the Bahía Blanca is a City located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, head town of A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A gendarmerie or gendarmery (dʒɛnˈdɑrməriː or /ˌʒɑndɑrməˈriː/ after the French is a Military body charged with Police duties among civilian For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics.
The Argentine National Gendarmerie has a strength of 12,000.
The Gendarmerie is primarily a frontier guard force but also fulfils other important roles. The force functions from four regional headquarters at Campo de Mayo, Córdoba, Rosario, and Bahía Blanca. Campo de Mayo is a large military area located in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, around 30 km from the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. Córdoba, abbreviated as CBA, is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas mountains on the Bahía Blanca is a City located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, head town of
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Personnel and training
Non-commissioned personnel of the Gendarmerie are all volunteers and receive their training in the force's own comprehensive system of training institutions. Officers graduate after a three-year course at the National Gendarmerie Academy. Both officers and non-commissioned personnel have access to the specialist training establishments of the Army. The Argentine Army ( Ejército Argentino, EA is the land armed force branch of the Argentine military and the senior military service of the country
History
The Gendarmerie was created in 1938 by the National Congress, and replaced the regiments of the Army which previously fulfilled the Gendarmerie's missions. The Congress of the Argentine Nation (Congreso de la Nación Argentina is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina. The Gendarmerie was particularly tasked with providing security in isolated and sparsely populated frontier regions which had only been settled relatively recently. In many senses the Gendarmerie may still be considered an adjunct of the Argentine Army.
Activities
The Gendarmerie's mission and functions are concerned with both domestic security and national defense.
According to the Argentine Constitution, the armed forces cannot intervene in internal civil conflicts, so the Gendarmerie is subordinate to the Interior Ministry. The constitution of Argentina is one of the primary sources of exisiting law in Argentina. However, it maintains a functional relationship with the Ministry of Defense, as part of both the National Defense System and the Interior Security System. Sistema de Seguridad Interior (Interior Security System SSI is the official denomination of the Argentine public security community It therefore maintains capabilities arising from the demands required by joint military planning with the armed forces.
The Gendarmerie's main missions are:
- Providing security for Argentina's borders
- Providing security for places of national strategic importance (e. g. nuclear plants)
The Gendarmerie is also used for other security missions, which include:
- Policing missions:
- Assisting provincial police sevices in maintaining public security in rural areas
- Preventing smuggling
- Fighting drug trafficking
- Fighting terrorism
- Fighting crimes "against life and freedom" (children and organs trade, slavery, etc)
- Dealing with economic crime
- Dealing with environmental crime
- Dealing with illegal immigration
- Military missions:
- War-fighting missions (e. Nuclear power is any Nuclear technology designed to extract usable Energy from atomic nuclei via controlled Nuclear reactions Regions See also Geography of Argentina The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains Smuggling, also known as trafficking, is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons past a point where prohibited such as out of a building into a Prison The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs g. in the Falklands War)
- Peacekeeping or humanitarian aid missions under the United Nations
- Providing security for Argentine embassies and consulates in several foreign nations
Under the United Nations, the Gendarmerie has served in Guatemala, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Angola, Lebanon, Rwanda and Haiti. The Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is "a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace Humanitarian aid (also called succour) is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes typically in response to humanitarian crises The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية The Republic of Rwanda (ruːˈændə or /rəˈwɑːndə/ in English ɾwanda or in Kinyarwanda is a small Landlocked country in the Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole:
Organization
High Command
The high command includes:
- The National Director: The current National Director is Commandant-General Hector Bernabé Schenone (since September 2005).
- The Deputy National Director: The current Deputy National Director is Commandant-General Juan Obdulio Sainz (since November 2005).
- The General and Special Staff of the National Directorate of the Gendarmerie.
Rank structure
The ranks of the Argentine Gendarmerie, in ascending order, are:
Sub-Officer Ranks
| Rank | Approximate English translation |
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| Cabo | Corporal |
| Cabo Primero | Corporal First Class |
| Sargento | Sergeant |
| Sargento Primero | Sergeant First Class |
| Sargento Ayudante | Sergeant-Adjutant |
| Suboficial Principal | Principal Sub-Officer |
| Suboficial Mayor | Sub-Officer-Major |
The ranks up to and including sergeant are classified as Subaltern Sub-Officers (Suboficiales Subalternos), and the remainder are classified as Superior Sub-Officers (Suboficiales Superiores). Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and also by some police forces or other uniformed organizations Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries police forces and other uniformed organizations around the world Adjutant is a military rank or appointment In some armies it is an officer who assists a more senior officer while in other armies it is a rank which normally corresponds The sub-officer ranks are the same as Argentine army ranks, and wear the same insignia, but with a much thicker gold band for a Gendarmerie Principal Sub-Officer than is used in the Army.
Officer Ranks
| Rank | Approximate English translation | Argentine Army Equivalent |
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| Subalférez | Sub-Ensign | Sub-Lieutenant |
| Alférez | Ensign | Lieutenant |
| Primer Alférez | First Ensign | First Lieutenant |
| Segundo Comandante | Second Commandant | Captain |
| Comandante | Commandant | Major |
| Comandante Principal | Principal Commandant | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Comandante Mayor | Commandant-Major | Colonel |
| Comandante General | Commandant-General | Brigade General |
| (Deputy National Director = Divisional General, and National Director = Lieutenant-General) |
The ranks up to and including Segundo Comandante are classified as Subaltern Officers (Oficiales Subalternos). Ensign (ˈɛnsən is a junior rank of commissioned officer in the militaries of some countries normally in the infantry or navy Ensign (ˈɛnsən is a junior rank of commissioned officer in the militaries of some countries normally in the infantry or navy Commandant (pronounced /'cɒmʊndɑnt/ or /'cɒmʊndænt/ COM-un-dahnt, -dant is a military or police title or rank Commandant-General was a Military rank in South African Republic and the Orange Free State Republic as well as in the Union of South Africa and Brigade General is a rank used in many armies to denote the lowest rank of general corresponding to command of a brigade Divisional General is a rank used in many armies to denote a rank of general corresponding to command of a division Lieutenant General is a Military rank used in many countries The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the Gendarmerie officers wear the same insignia as the equivalent Argentine Army rank. The National Director and his Deputy wear the insignia of an Argentine Lieutenant-General and Divisional General respectively, although they still have the rank of Commandant-General. (NB: Lieutenant-General is the highest Argentine Army rank. )
Unit structure
- A Section (Spanish: peloton) is a squad of several men. A section is a small Infantry unit first introduced in the British Army. In military terminology a squad is a small Military unit led by a Non-commissioned officer (NCO that is subordinate to an Infantry
- A Group (Spanish: grupo) consists of several sections and is the basic operational unit of the Gendarmerie.
- A Squadron (Spanish: escuadron) consists of three groups. A squadron is a small unit or formation of Cavalry, armour, Aircraft (including Balloons) or Warships Army
- A Grouping (Spanish: agrupación) consists of several squadrons. This may be thought of as roughly corresponding to the level of command of a regiment. A regiment is a Military unit, composed of a variable number of Battalions – commanded by a Colonel.
- Above the groupings are the regional commands and the staff of the National Directorate.
Operational units
- Regional Headquarters
- Mobile Units
- Special Forces Units: Scorpion Group
- Intelligence Squadron
- Highway Security Sections
- Environment Protection Service
- Mountain Rescue Groups
- Scrubland Special Section
Support units
- Logistics Squadron
- Telecommunications and Computer Service
- Expert Investigation Service
- Aviation Service
- Medical Assistance Service
References
See also
External links
- (Spanish) Official website
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