THE Base of Cerro Muriano A few days ago, he said goodbye to the contingent of Operation East Flank XVI which will leave for Latvia during the month of December and which will be divided into different rotations. The military and internal event was presided over by the Accidental Colonel-in-Chief of the Tenth Brigade “Guzmán el Bueno”, José Miguel Fernández Romero.
Over the next six months, the group will contribute as part of the NATO mission maintaining Euro-Atlantic security, as well as “conflict prevention through credible deterrence measures through deployment of a defensive nature, responding to the existing commitment within the Alliance to assist countries allies,” reported the Army in a note. With this, Spain “shows its firm bond with its allies and its determined contribution to international stability, national security and defense,” they added.
The contingent formed on the basis of the “Guzmán el Bueno”, among which stand out for the abilities that generate the Infantry Regiment ‘La Reina’ 2, the armored regiment ‘Córdoba’ 10, the sapper battalion
This will be the fifth participation of the Brigade in the Baltic which shows that “Guzmán the Good represents Spain’s solid determination towards Collective Defense and its allies with whom it shares the same values that inspire our Constitution”.
This is currently the only mission in which the Spanish army is deployed Leopard tanksPizarro infantry fighting vehicles and self-propelled howitzers (ATP). Other mechanized assets are also provided, such as tracked armored transports, heavy mortars, Sapper combat vehicles and Spike anti-tank missiles.
It should also be remembered that the Spanish contingent which took over in eastern Lebanon (Miguel de Cervantes base) is made up of around 600 soldiers under the command of the army. General Fernando Ruiz Gómez of the BIS Most of them come from BRI Logistics X, Sapper Battalion X and HQ Battalion units.
In addition, they benefit from the support of a logistics unit belonging to the Aalog 21 of Seville and personnel from other army units. Among them are the NBC (Nuclear, Biological and Chemical) Defense Regiments “Valencia” 1, the Signal Regiments 21 and 22 and the Information Operations Regiment, as well as the “Agrusan” 1 (Health Group) or the Civil Guard. To all are added soldiers from the armies of Brazil, Serbia and El Salvador.
