What is the command of army engineers, which will be sent to Rosario by presidential decision

Within the Argentine army, the origin of the Engineer Command dates back to the year 1813 when the General Jose de San Martin proposes the creation of sapper weapon those who played a fundamental role in all the battles of the War of Independence. Currently around 5000 employees of the army belong to engineer weapon.

The decision to deploy officers and non-commissioned officers of the Engineer CommandHowever, this involves something more than the traditional employment of health or general service personnel, as seen in operations Belgrano I and II during the pandemic.

This force integrates, with the infantry, the cavalry, the artillery and the means of communication, the operating heart of the force. The army also has a series of support services and technical troops.

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The bone “military engineers» define themselves as members of a support arm of fight with practice and an adequate organization so that the troops they support can fulfill their mission.

Its field of action is purely tactical (operative) and its personnel generally operate in the front line of combat. The rapid construction of a pass allowing the passage of troops, the repair of a road damaged by the enemy or the construction of a bridge are among their main tasks.

In the same way they have high destructive capacity to prevent the advance of the enemy, even if this includes the destruction or cancellation of lines of communication in its own territory.

According to the official description of the Argentine army, a significant part of its troops is trained to neutralize the effects of enemy weaponswhether regular, chemical or biological and improve living conditions on the ground.

Thus, dusting off a doctrine that the government had buried in 2019 and under the protection of national defense and internal security laws, Alberto Fernández decided to resort to “logistical support” to the security forces by the military. .

48 hours have passed after it was ordered from the highest levels of political power to begin discrete polls at different levels of Armed forces (FFAA). The objective was to analyze the feasibility ofpawn» to the military in direct or indirect tasks that contribute to mitigate the consequences of drug trafficking in the province of Santa Fe.

With the results in hand, Alberto Fernández made an intermediate decision after checking the endurance that uniformed officers have raised in response to questions received. “No officer or non-commissioned officer of the age and rank corresponding to the operational tasks, even remotely, wishes to be involved in a controversy linked to human rights violations in the medium term. I don’t want to be Astiz“young officers tend to reiterate at the slightest question if they were ready to get involved in internal security tasks”, he argues before GlobeLiveMedia a former leader of the force.

The institutional turmoil was so great that, through various means, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, the Lieutenant General Juan Martin Paleo came to clarify that the armed forces are not trained and do not have the appropriate weapons to carry out internal security tasks.

After consulting various sources in the region, most of the high command became aware of the presidential decision, as well as the rest of the population, which generated – both in senior and subordinate personnel – Doubts about what will be the rules of engagement that will be given to the troops.

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A senior army officer explained that “when military units are committed (used) for a certain mission, the commander who will be in charge of them must receive, from his superiors, the calls pawn rules which are nothing but rules of the game on the field. In other words, what should be done and with what limits to act”.

On the other hand, this source added that “it is not the same thing to send soldiers to help in a social emergency, where the soldier is expected by the population, that send troops into hostile terrain where the inhabitant does not want to be in uniform, no matter how strong. Consider sending military personnel an area so hot, right now, like Rosariomust be accompanied by precise directives which ensure – at least – the self-protection of the troops”.

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