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Peruvian Naval Infantry Infantería de Marina del Perú
Naval Infantry coming ashore from BAP Callao (DT-143)
Active	1821 - present
Country	Peru
Branch	Naval Infantry
Headquarters	Ancon
Commanders
Commander	Admiral Luis Ramos Vargas
Special Operations Force Commander	Admiral Francisco José Calisto Giampietri
Aircraft flown
Helicopter	Mil Mi-8

Peruvian Naval Infantry conducting exercises on the Amazon river.

The 3,000 personnel Peruvian Naval Infantry (Spanish: Infantería de Marina del Perú-- IMAP) includes an amphibious brigade of three battalions and local security units with two transports (one used as a school ship), four tank landing ships, and about forty Portuguese Chaimite armored personnel carriers.

Since 1982 IMAP detachments have been deployed, under Peruvian Army command, in counterinsurgency capacities in Ayacucho and Huancavelica departments. The Fuerza de Infantería de Marina (Naval Infantry Force) falls under the Comandancia General de Operaciones del Pacífico or Pacific Operations General Command.

Organization

Brigada de Infanteria de Marina

• 1st Naval Infantry Battalion - Ancón
• 2nd Naval Infantry Battalion - Ancón
• Amphibious Support Group
• Fire support Group
• Commando Grouping
• Engineers Unit

Other units

• 3rd Naval Infantry Battalion - Tumbes
• 4th Naval Infantry Battalion - Puno
• 1st Jungle Naval Infantry Battalion - Iquitos
• 2nd Jungle Naval Infantry Battalion - Pucallpa
• Naval Infantry Detachment Litoral Sur - Mollendo

See also

• Marines
• Peruvian Navy

External links

• Official Peruvian Navy Website
• The Peruvian Navy: the XIX Century Maritime Campaigns — a series of articles covering the history of the 19th century Peruvian Navy by Juan del Campo.
• Marine Link article with pics

Navy Category:Marines