5th Army Division (Peru)

Division of the Peruvian Army

5th Army Division

V División de Ejército
Country| Peru
Branch| Peruvian Army
Size| Division
Garrison| Iquitos
Nickname(s)| V DE
Motto(s)| Siempre alerta[1]
Engagements| Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute

* Ecuadorian–Peruvian War
* Battle of Rocafuerte

Colombian–Peruvian Border War
Commanders
Current
commander| Oswaldo Calle Talledo[2]

Military unit

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.