Districts
The Navy is organized into ten naval districts, with flotilla headquarters in Guaqui, Guayaramerín, Puerto Suárez, Riberalta, and San Pedro de Tiquina, and bases in Puerto Busch, Puerto Horquilla, Puerto Villarroel, Trinidad, and Rurrenabaque.
Naval vessels include several dozen boats, dozen or more of which are for riverine patrol, including the piranias, and riders, which are powerful river boats. In addition, Bolivia has several seagoing vessels, including the Santa Cruz de la Sierra (PR-51), and several flagged ships that sail with the permission of the "Capitanias Navales" Naval Registration Office. The Libertador Simón Bolívar, a ship acquired from Venezuela, use to navigate from its home port in Rosario, Argentina on the River Paraná. In 1993, the Navy was formally renamed the Naval Force (Fuerza Naval) and moved with the Bolivian Army under a single military authority.
Most of the officers are often educated in the Naval Academy where they graduate with a BS in Military and Naval Science, diploma accredited by the Military University and then they do other studies at the bachelor's degree and master's level. Argentina has their Naval Military Group in Bolivia advising at the highest level in naval strategy and tactics. Many Bolivian officers practice ocean sailing in Argentinean big naval ships. The Bolivian Navy has several Special Forces units to address both internal and external conflicts.
The Bolivian Naval Force covers the extensive river and lake Bolivian territory divided between the following functions Naval Districts, note that the names of these units are derived from the basin or region where they operate:
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- DN1 Primer Distrito Naval "BENI"- DN1 First Naval District "BENI"
- DN2 Segundo Distrito Naval- "MAMORE"- DN2 Second Naval District "MAMORA"
- DN3 Tercer Distrito Naval "MADERA" -DN3 Third Naval District "Madera"
- DN4 Cuarto Distrito Naval "TITICACA" -DN4 Fourth Naval District Titicaca
- DN5 Quinto Distrito Naval "SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA" -DN5 Fifth Naval District "SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA"
- DN6 Sexto Distrito Naval "COBIJA" -Sixth Naval District DN6 "COBIJA"
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- The Naval Service Areas:
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- AN 1 "COCHABAMBA" - Naval Area 1 "Cochabamba"
- AN 2 "SANTA CRUZ" - Naval Area 2 "SANTA CRUZ"
- AN 3 "BERMEJO" - Naval Area 3 "Bermejo"
- AN 4 "LA PAZ" - Naval Area 4 "La Paz"
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- And the special units:
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- Fuerza de Tarea "Diablos Azules"- Task Force "Blue Devils"
- Servicio de Inteligencia Naval – SINDA Naval Intelligence Service – SINDA
- Grupo de Reacción Inmediata GRIN -Immediate Response Group GRIN
- El Centro de Instrucción de Buceo en Altura- High Altitude Diving Training Center
- Command Training Center Amphibians
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