The Argentine Army is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of Argentina. Under the Argentine Constitution, the president of Argentina is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, exercising his or her command authority through the Minister of Defense.
Gral. José de San Martín during Battle of Chacabuco, 1817
Argentine infantry soldiers in the Paraguayan War illustrated by Ange-Louis Janet for L'Illustration, 1864)
Argentine Army, led by General Julio A. Roca, commemorating an anniversary of the May Revolution in 1879
Argentine troops in 1943
Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic
The Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic are the combined armed forces of Argentina. It is controlled by the Commander-in-Chief and a civilian Minister of Defense. In addition to the Army, Navy and Air Force, there are two security forces, controlled by the Ministry of Security, which can be mobilized in occasion of an armed conflict: the National Gendarmerie, a gendarmerie used to guard borders and places of strategic importance; and the Naval Prefecture, a coast guard used to protect internal major rivers and maritime territory.
Soldiers saluting the flag at the South Pole.
Super Étendard were used in the Falklands War.
Granaderos, the cavalry unit that, among other feats, followed San Martín across the Andes in 1817 to liberate Chile and Peru
Independence Day Army parade, Junín, 2004
