Edward Murillo
Newspaper La Jornada
Wednesday, August 3, 2022, p. 8
After almost a month of training at Fort Polk, of the United States Northern Command, in Louisiana, 128 elements of the Parachute Rifle Brigade of the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) returned to Mexico. Among the members of this contingent there are five women.
The Army stated that the objective was to develop the skills of its personnel in the planning and execution of operations in urban and rural settings, against enemy forces, both regular and irregular, in coordination with the US Army, in order to achieve interoperability between both armed forces, through tactical and technical procedures, airborne operations, weapons and medical evacuation in the training field
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The Mexican military arrived at the Santa Lucía Air Base, Mexico state, where they unloaded their luggage and equipment amid heavy rain.
For parachutist rifleman Ana Lilia Chávez Cruz, it was her first trip abroad and she points out that, although she does not know 100% English, during the exercises she was able to work and organize with her American counterparts without difficulty.
These trainings allow us to show that we can do the same as men
he claimed.
From July 8 to August 1, the two chiefs, 14 officers and 112 troops participated in exercises such as Chinook helicopter deployments, tactical and static-draw parachute jumps, urban operations, intervention, combat and reconnaissance patrols, employment of special equipment, target practice and acclimatization in jungle areas.
The soldiers who participated in this exercise used the new field uniform with stereographic transitional camouflage TE-3
designed and produced by the General Directorate of Clothing and Equipment Factories of the Mexican Army and Air Force, with the purpose of being in accordance with the global trends of tactical clothing of the armies of the world
indicated the Sedena.
