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    5th Army Division (Peru)

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    5th Army Division
    V División de Ejército
    CountryPeru
    BranchPeruvian Army
    SizeDivision
    GarrisonIquitos
    Nickname(s)V DE
    Motto(s)Siempre alerta[1]
    EngagementsEcuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute
    • Ecuadorian–Peruvian War
      • Battle of Rocafuerte
    Colombian–Peruvian Border War
    Commanders
    Current
    commander    		Oswaldo Calle Talledo[2]

    The 5th Army Division (Spanish: V División de Ejército) is a infantry division unit of the Peruvian Army (EP) that specialized in combat patrol in mountain forest terrain, combined arms, counterinsurgency, jungle warfare, and military logistics.

    History

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    The unit was first created on 27 June 1961, with the name 5th Military Region (Spanish: V Región Militar). On 31 December 2002 the region was disestablished and reestablished as the Oriental Military Region (Spanish: Región Militar del Oriente), changing to its current name in 2013.[3] The unit saw combat during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War as part of the Northern Army Detachment in its northeastern offensive.[4]

    The unit's emblem features an outline of the Peruvian department of Loreto, a Sun and a Peruvian soldier.[5]

    Organization

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    The 5th Army Division is formed by the following units:[6]

    • 5th Services Brigade
    • 35th Jungle Brigade

    See also

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    • 1st Army Division
    • 2nd Army Division
    • 3rd Army Division
    • 4th Army Division
    • Battle of Rocafuerte

    References

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    1. ^ "Himno y Lema de la V División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
    2. ^ "Iquitos: Reconocimiento al nuevo Comandante General de la V División de Ejército". Gob.pe (in Spanish). 26 January 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
    3. ^ "Reseña Histórica de la V División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
    4. ^ Monteza Tafur, Miguel (1976). El Conflicto Militar del Perú con el Ecuador, 1941 (in Spanish). Lima: Editorial Arica. pp. 124–166, 240–246. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
    5. ^ "Heráldica de la V División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
    6. ^ "V División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
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