Dominican Army

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Dominican Republic Army Ejército de República Dominicana
Emblem of the Dominican Army
Founded	February 27, 1844; 174 years ago (1844-02-27)
Country	Dominican Republic
Type	Army
Role	Defend the Dominican Republic and serve its citizens. Support other branches and civil authorities in time of emergencies.
Size	45,800 personnel, 12 helicopters
Anniversaries	February 27
Engagements	Dominican War of Independence Dominican Restoration War U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic Dominican Civil War
Commanders
Current commander	May. Gen. Braulio A. Alcántara
Notable commanders	Gen. Matías Ramón Mella

The Army of the Dominican Republic or Ejército de República Dominicana, is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic, together with the Navy and the Air Force.

The army is twice as large as the other services, consisting of approximately 40,000 active duty personnel. It includes six infantry brigades, a combat support brigade, a combat service support brigade and the air cavalry squadron.

History[edit]

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Stationed near Santo Domingo, the first brigade has traditionally been the most powerful of the brigades, by virtue of its location and military resources. The First Brigade had five infantry battalions and a battalion of engineers. The Second Brigade and the Third Brigade are based at Santiago and Barahona, respectively. Their assets are spread throughout the country, and their units are mainly focused on local issues. The Fourth Brigade, also called Armed Forces Training Center (CEFA) because of their extensive training mission is at San Isidro, ten kilometers east of the capital. The Fourth Brigade controls the armored battalion and three infantry battalions. The Fourth Brigade also provided basic, advanced and specialized training. Also at San Isidro is the artillery battalion of the army, which was organized as a separate staff in order. Another independent and very powerful organization is the Combat Support Command, which includes the Presidential Guard Battalion and units of the military police, health and uniforms. Since 1989, assets include fourteen armored light tanks, twenty armored vehicles, and ten armored vehicles. The artillery is equipped with twenty-two 105mm Auril howitzers.

Organization[edit]

Under Army Headquarters[edit]

Fortress CESFRONT at Comendador, Elías Piña Province

• 1st Presidential Guards Regiment. BRIGADIER A. DIAZ LUCIANO TEJEDA (Santo Domingo)
• 2nd Honor Guard Regiment of the Ministry of Defence, Santo Domingo)
• 6th Mountain Rifles Battalion (Constanza)
• 1st Air Cavalry Squadron, Mayor Aníbal Vallejo Pilot Sosa, E.N. (La Isabela International Airport):
  • 2 Robinson R-44
  • 4 Robinson R-22
  • 5 Bell OH-58C
  • 3 Bell OH-58A +

Under the Operations Command[edit]

1st Infantry Brigade - CG Santo Domingo

• Infantry Battalion 1 JUAN PABLO DUARTE (Com. And all elements at Camp August 16, Santo Domingo).
• 2 Infantry Battalion Francisco del Rosario Sánchez (Com. And all elements at Camp August 16, Santo Domingo).
• 3 Infantry Battalion MATIAS RAMON MELLA (Com. And all elements at Camp Ramon Mella, San Cristobal).
• CSEC. Exploration and Recognition (Camp August 16, Santo Domingo) - equipped with soft skin vehicles, including SUVs.
• Heavy Mortars battery (Camp August 16, Santo Domingo) - equipped with four M30 4.2 inch mortars.

2nd Infantry Brigade - CG Santiago

• Infantry Battalion 5 (Com., Support Company Infantry Companies & 5, 6 & 7, all in Santiago.)
• Infantry Battalion 7 (Com, and Support Company Infantry Company 12 in San Francisco de Macorís,. Companies Infantry Cotuy 11, 13 & 14 in Nagua Samana).
• Infantry Battalion 8 (Com, and Support Company Infantry Company 8 in Puerto Plata, infantry companies Moca 9 & 10 in San José de las Matas).
• Exploration Platoon (Fortaleza Fernando Valerio, Santiago.) - Equipped with soft skin vehicles, including SUVs.
• Howitzer Battery (Fortaleza Fernando Valerio, Santiago.) - Equipped with four M-101 105mm howitzers.
• 6th Battalion (in reserve).
• 7th Battalion (in reserve).
• 11.er battalion (reserve).

3rd Infantry Brigade - CG San Juan de la Maguana

• Infantry Battalion 12 (Com, and Support Company Infantry Company 22 at Azua).

Fortaleza March 19, headquarters of Infantry Battalion 12 Azua

• Infantry Battalion 13 (Com, and Support Company Infantry Company 23 at San Juan de la Maguana, 24 Infantry Company in Elias Pina).
• Infantry Battalion 14 (Com and Support Company in Las Matas de Farfán,. Infantry Company 25 at Pedro Santana).
• Exploration Platoon - equipped with soft skin vehicles, including SUVs.
• Heavy Mortars battery - ECIA equipped with four 120 mm Mortars.

4th Infantry Brigade - CG Mao

• Macheteros Infantry Battalion 9 (Com. And all elements at Fte. November 19, Mao).
• Infantry Battalion 10 (Com, and Support Company Infantry Company 16 at Dajabon, 15 Infantry Companies in Monte Cristi & Restoration 17).
• Infantry Battalion 11 (Com and Support Company in La Vega, 26 Infantry Company at Sabana Iglesia).

Exploration Platoon (Source November 19, Mao.) - Equipped with soft skin vehicles, including SUVs.

Heavy Mortars battery (Fte November 19, Mao.) - - ECIA equipped with four 120 mm mortars.

5th Infantry Brigade - CG Barahona

• 15 Infantry Battalion (Com and Support Company at Barahona,. 18 & 19 Infantry Companies at Jimani Neiba).
• 16 Infantry Battalion (Com, and Support Company Infantry Company 20 at Duvergé;. Infantry Company 21 at Pedernales).

Exploration Platoon - equipped with soft skin vehicles, including SUVs.

Heavy Mortars battery - ECIA equipped with four 120 mm mortars.

6th Infantry Brigade - CG San Pedro de Macoris

• Infantry Battalion 4 (Com & Support Company Infantry Company 1 at San Pedro de Macoris,. Infantry Company 2 at La Romana)
• Infantry Battalion 17 (Com & Support Company Infantry Company 4 at El Seybo;. Infantry Company 3 at Higuey)

Exploration Platoon - equipped with soft skin vehicles, including SUVs.

Heavy Mortars battery ECIA equipped with four 120 mm mortars.

Combat Support Brigade - CG Villa Mella, Santo Domingo

• Armored Battalion (Com and all elements at Villa Mella.):

1st Squadron 12 M-41 light tank.

2nd Squadron 8 V-150 Commando AFVs. 4 currently with 1st Presidential Guard Group, 2 were transferred to Counter-Terrorist Group.

3rd Squadron 16 M3 A1 half-tracks.

• Artillery Battalion (Com and all elements at Villa Mella.): 12 Reinosa 105mm / 26 120mm howitzers and 8 ECIA mortars
• Engineer Battalion (Com and all elements at Santo Domingo).
• Battalion Communications (Com and all elements at Santo Domingo).

Service Support Brigade - CG Santo Domingo

• Service Support Battalion (Com and all elements at Santo Domingo.):

Quartermaster Company (Santo Domingo) Health Company (Santo Domingo) Military Police Company (Santo Domingo) Maintenance Battalion War Materials (CG in Santo Domingo); which includes the Armeros Company at San Cristobal). Transport Battalion (HQ and all elements at Santo Domingo).

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MILITARY STUDIES, ERD.

• School Command and Staff College (based at San Isidro)

GENERAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING

• Military School (based at San Isidro)
• Training Battalion (based at Camp February 27 at Santo Domingo)

Aircraft inventory[edit]

The Army operates 15 helicopters.

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service[1]	Notes
Bell OH-58 Kiowa	United States	Scout helicopter	OH-58A OH-58C	3 5	One lost on 10 October 2014.[2]
Robinson R22	United States	Training helicopter	R22	4
Robinson R44	United States	Utility helicopter	R44	2
Piper PA-28 Cherokee	United States	Utility aircraft	Cherokee Cruiser	2	Recently purchased 2017.
Cessna 206	United States	Utility aircraft	206	1	Recently purchased 2017.

The Dominican Army Kiowas are equipped with FLIR cameras for night operations.

Current equipment[edit]

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Small arms[edit]

Note: This equipment is also used by the other branches of the Armed Forces, and the Counter-terrorism group.

• Rifles:
  • Colt M16 rifle 5.56 mm  United States
  • Colt M4A1 5.56mm  United States
  • AR-15 5.56  United States
  • vz. 58 7.62mm  Czech Republic
  • AK-47 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union
  • IMI Galil 5.56mm  Israel
  • Galatz 7.62mm  Israel
  • Heckler & Koch G3 7,62 mm  Germany
• Shotguns
  • Daewoo USAS-12 South Korea
  • Mossberg 500 United States
  • Franchi SPAS-15 Italy
• Sub-machine-guns
  • Heckler & Koch MP5  Germany
  • FN P90 5.7×28mm  Belgium
  • Uzi  Israel
• Machine-guns
  • M-2 0.50”  United States
  • FN MAG 7.62 mm  Belgium
  • M-60A1 7.62 mm  United States
  • FN Minimi 5.56mm  Belgium
  • M249 light machine gun 5.56mm  United States
• Hand-guns
  • Browning BDM  United States
  • Browning Hi-Power  Belgium
  • Taurus PT92  Brazil
  • Jericho 941  Israel

Mortars[edit]

• M-29 81 mm  United States (104)
• M1 81 mm  United States
• M2 60 mm  United States
• M-30 4.2 inch  United States (4)
• ECIA 120 mm  Spain (24)

Anti-armor weapons[edit]

• Bofors m/45 105 mm  Sweden (28)
• 37 mm Gun M3; A/T guns  United States (3)
• AT4  Sweden (N/A)
• M40-A1C1 106mm recoilless rifle  United States

Armor[edit]

• V-150 Commando 4x4 AFV  United States (8 / At least 4 in use by the Presidential Guard.)
• M41 Walker Bulldog 76mm Light tank  United States (10-12 / At least 6 active by 2016.)
• Giat AMX-13 75mm Light tank  France (2-15 Retired)
• M3 Half Track APC  United States (16 / At least 5 active by 2016. Armed with one M-60, one Dual 0.50 Cal. and one 0.30 machine gun)
• RM-79 APC  Dominican Republic
• RM-77 APC  Dominican Republic

Artillery[edit]

• Reinosa howitzers 105mm/26 howitzers  Spain (12)
• M-101 105 mm howitzers  United States (4)
• M3 105 mm howitzers  United States (N/A)

Anti-aircraft weapons[edit]

• Bofors L/70 40mm Anti-Aircraft gun  Sweden
• Hispano Suiza HSS 804 20mm Anti-Aircraft gun  Spain (in use by the air force)

Motor vehicles[edit]

• 90 Humvee  United States
• 60-80 URO VAMTAC 1,500 kg (4 × 4) (60 - 40, 2000; 20, 2001)  Spain
• 80 Carolina Growler UV100DB (4 × 4), (2002) (rebuilt M151A2 )] UV100DB 4×4  United States
• 40 Carolina Wolverine Model 450 (4 × 4) (40) (2002)
• Jeep J8 4x4  United States
• Nissan Patrol ML-6 4x4  Japan
• Land Rover (4 × 4)  United Kingdom (non-tactical roles)
• Polaris ATV 6x6  United States(several dozen)
• 90 M35 2-1/2 ton cargo truck  United States
• 12 Pegaso 3055 6x6  Spain
• 100 URO VAMTAC MT 15.14, MT 18.14 and MT 18.16  Spain
• Daihatsu Delta 4x4 trucks  Japan

References[edit]

• 2 http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Military-Vehicles-and-Logistics/INVENTORY-Dominican-Republic.html
• 3 http://www.country-data.com/frd/cs/dominican_republic/do_appen.html#table8
• [1]
• http://www.armyrecognition.com/dominican_republic_army_land_ground_forces_uk/dominican_republic_army_land_ground_armed_defense_forces_military_equipment_armored_vehicle_intellig.html#armes

External links[edit]

• Ejército Nacional (EN) (in Spanish)