Venezuelan Marine Corps - Major Units

Major Units

  • Headquarters Battalion
  • Marine Communications Battalion CDR. Felipe Baptista
  • Marine Logistics Support Battalion ADM Luis Brión
  • 8th Special Operations Command Brigade Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda
    • HQ Company
    • Special Operations Battalion LTCDR Henry Lilong Garcia
    • Force Reconnaissance Battalion GC Jose Felix Ribas
    • Combat Engineers Battalion Chief Guaicaipuro
    • Support Battalion Juan German Roscio
  • Naval and Marine Reserve and Marine Replacement Regiment RADM Armando López Conde
    • Regimental HQ
    • Naval Reserve Battalion Battle of Chichiriviche
    • Naval Reserve Battalion Battle of Punta Brava
    • Naval Reserve Battalion Expedición de la Vela de Coro
    • Naval Reserve Battalion Expedición de Los Cayos
    • 1st Marine Reserve Battalion

1st Marine Brigade (Amphibious) CPT Manuel Ponte Rodriguez

  • 2nd Marine Battalion GEN Rafael Urdaneta
  • 9th Marine Battalion (Mechanized) LCDR Manuel Ponce Lugo
  • 1st Marine Logistics Battalion RADM José Ramón Yépez

2nd Marine Brigade (Amphibious) RADM José Eugenio Hernández

  • 3rd Marine Battalion MSHL Antonio José de Sucre
  • 7th Marine Battalion GEN Santiago Mariño
  • 5th Marine Battalion GEN José Francisco Bermudez
  • 2nd Marine Logistics Battalion GEN Juan Bautista Arismendi
  • 3rd Marine Artillery Group GC Juan Antonio Anzoategui

3rd Marine Brigade (Amphibious) GEN Manuela Saenz

  • 1st Marine Battalion GEN Simón Bolívar
  • 6th Marine Battalion ADM Luis Brión
  • 1st Marine Artillery Group VADM Lino de Clemente
  • 3rd Marine Logistics Battalion Pedro Gual

4th Marine Brigade (Amphibious) ADM Alejandro Petión

  • 4th Marine Battalion Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda
  • 2nd Marine Self-Propelled Artillery Group MSHL Juan Crisostomo Falcón
  • 8th Marine Battalion RADM Renato Beluche
  • 4th Marine Logistics Battalion Ana Maria Campos

5th Marine Riverline Brigade LTCDR José Tomas Machado

  • 1st Riverline Command GEN Daniel Florence O'Leary
  • 2nd Riverline Command GC Ezequiel Zamora
  • 3rd Riverline Command Jose Maria Espana
  • 4th Riverline Command CPT Antonio Diaz
  • 5th Riverline Support Battalion LTJG Vicente Parado
  • 5th Aerial Cavalry Group LT Pedro Lucas Urribarri

6th Marine Border Riverine Brigade ADM Manuel Ezequeil Bruzual

  • 5th Riverline Command RADM Jose Maria Garcia
  • 6th Border Riverline Command LT Jacinto Muñoz
  • 7th Riverine Command
  • 8th Riverine Command
  • 6th Riverline Support Battalion CDR Joaquin Quintero
  • 6th Aerial Cavalry Group

7th Marine Border Riverine Brigade BGEN Franz António Risques Irribarren

  • 9th Upper Orinoco (Riverine) command VADM Armando Medina
  • 10th Middle Orinoco (Riverine) command VADM Francisco Pérez Hernández
  • 7th Aerial Cavalry Group
  • 7th Riverline Support Battalion COL Antonio Ricaurte

Each border/riverine command consists of the following:

  • Command headquarters,
  • a headquarters and service company,
  • a Marine Battalion,
  • a Maintenance company and
  • a Service Support company.

These units have a base of operations and five naval outposts with a Marine company and no less than 6 assault and river combat speedboats each.

Naval Construction Brigade RADM José Ramón Yépez (from 2005 the Navy Corps of Engineers)

  • Brigade HQ
  • 141st Combat Engineers Battalion LT Jerónigo Rengifo
  • 142nd Maintenance and Construction Battalion RADM José María García
  • 143rd Maintenance and Construction Battalion CPT Nicolás Jolly
  • 144th Maintenance and Construction Battalion GEN Ezequiel Zamora
  • 145th Maintenance and Construction Battalion LT Pedro Camejo
  • 146th Maintenance and Construction Battalion CPT Agustin Armario

Naval Police Command Grand Marshal of Ayacucho Antonio José de Sucre

  • Command HQ
  • Command Staff
  • 9th Naval Police Brigade
    • Brigade HQ
    • 1st Naval Police Battalion CPT Alejo Sánchez Navarro
    • 2nd Naval Police Battalion RADM Matías Padrón
    • 3rd Naval Police Battalion RADM Otto Pérez Seijas
    • 4th Naval Police Battalion CPT Juan Daniel Daniels
  • Naval Police Commando Company
    • Naval Police Commando Sniper Platoon
  • Naval Police Canine Training Unit

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