Editor's Foreword

LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 19:
AH 2
TPT 11 (river transports)
SPT 6
FACILITIES
Bases Located at Riberalta, Tiquina, Puerto Busch, Puerto
Guayaramerín, Puerto Villarroel, Trinidad, Puerto
Suárez, Coral Harbour, Santa Cruz, Bermejo,
Cochabamba, Puerto Villeroel
Marines 1,700 (incl 1,000 Naval Military
Police)
Marine 6 inf bn (1 in each Naval District)
Mech inf 1 bn
MP 4 (naval MP) bn
Air Force 6,500 (incl conscripts)
FORCES By ROLE
FGA 2 sqn with AT-33AN Shooting Star
Trg/COIN 1 sqn with PC-7 Turbo Trainer
SAR/ 1 sqn with HB-315B Lama, AS-532AC
COMMS Cougar
Tpt 1 sqn with Beech 90 King Air; 2 sqn with
MA-60; DC-10; RC-130A/C-130B/C-130H
Hercules; 1 sqn with F-27-400 Friendship; IAI-
201 Arava; CV-440; CV-580; Aerocommander
690; Beech-1900; BAe-146-100
Liaison 3 sqn with Cessna 152; PA-32 Saratoga;
PA-34 Seneca; Cessna 206; Cessna 210; Beech
F-33 Bonanza
Survey 1 sqn with Cessna 402; Learjet 25B/25D
(secondary VIP role); Cessna 206
Trg 3 sqn with Cessna 152; Cessna 172; T-25;
T-34B Beech Turbo Mentor; A-122
Hel 1 (anti-drug) sqn with UH-1H Huey
AD 1 regt with Oerlikon; Type-65
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT 33 combat capable
FGA 15 AT-33AN Shooting Star
Trg/COIN 18 PC-7 Turbo Trainer*
TPT 36: 2 MA-60; 1 DC-10; 3 Beech 90 King Air; 7 RC-
130A/C-130B/C-130H Hercules; 1 Cessna 152; 1 Cessna
210; 1 CV-440; 1 CV-580; 3 F-27-400 Friendship; 1 Aero-
Commander 690; 4 IAI-201 Arava; 2 Learjet 25B/ 25D
(secondary VIP role); 1 PA-32 Saratoga; 3 PA-34 Seneca;
1 Beech-1900; 1 BAe-146-100; 3 C-212-100. (1 An-148 on
order)
UTL 21: 19 Cessna 206; 1 Cessna 212; 1 Cessna 402
TRG 56: 1 Beech F-33 Bonanza; 9 Cessna 152; 2 Cessna
172; 28 A-122; 6 T-25; 10 T-34B Beech Turbo Mentor
HELICOPTERS
ARMED HEL 15 UH-1H Huey
UTL 4: 1 AS-532AC Cougar; 1 HB-315B Lama; 2 AS 350
B3. (5 Mi-17 on order)
AD•GUNS 18+: 20mm Oerlikon; 37mm 18 Type-65
Paramilitary 37,100+
national Police 31,100+
Frontier 27 unit
Latin America and the Caribbean
Paramilitary 9 bde; 2 (rapid action) regt
narcotics Police 6,000+
FOE (700) - Special Operations Forces
DEPLOyMENT
CôTE D’IVOIRE
UN • UNOCI 3 obs
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONgO
UN • MONUC 200; 7 obs; 2 inf coy
HAITI
UN • MINUSTAH 208; 1 mech inf coy
LIBERIA
UN • UNMIL 1; 2 obs
SUDAN
UN • UNAMID 1
UN • UNMIS 11 obs
Brazil BRZ
Brazilian real r 2008 2009 2010
GDP R 2.88tr 2.98tr
US$ 1.57tr 1.72tr
per capita US$ 8,040 8,670
Growth % 5.2 -0.7
inflation % 5.7 4.8
Def exp R 48.0bn
US$ 26.25bn
Def bdgt R 42.7bn 51.4bn 58.2bn
US$ 23.3bn 29.7bn
US$1=r 1.83 1.73
Population 198,739,269
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 13% 5% 5% 5% 20% 2%
Female 13% 5% 5% 5% 20% 4%
Capabilities
ACTIVE 327,710 (Army 190,000 navy 67,000 Air
70,710) Paramilitary 395,000
RESERVE 1,340,000
Terms of service 12 months (can be extended to 18)
ORgANISATIONS By SERVICE
69
Army 120,000; 70,000 conscript (total 190,000)
FORCES By ROLE
HQ: 7 Mil Comd, 12 Mil Regions; 7div (2 with Regional HQ)
Latin America
and Caribbean