Chilean Army

Chilean Army
Ejército de Chile
Chilean Army emblem
Active	1603, 1810[1] – present
Country	Chile
Type	Army
Role	Land warfare
Size	80,000 [2]
Part of	Chilean Armed Forces
Headquarters	Edificio Ejército Bicentenario[3] Santiago
Patron	Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Motto(s)	Siempre vencedor, jamás vencido ("Always Victorious, Never Defeated")
Colors	Red, Field Grey
March	Los viejos estandartes ("Old Banners")
Anniversaries	September 19th (Army Day)
Engagements	Chilean War of Independence Freedom Expedition of Perú Chilean Civil War of 1829–30 War of the Confederation 1851 Chilean Revolution Revolution of 1859 Chincha Islands War Occupation of Araucanía War of the Pacific 1891 Chilean Civil War Itata incident Chilean naval mutiny of 1931 1973 Chilean coup d'état Beagle conflict Operation Secure Tomorrow
Website	http://www.ejercito.cl/
Commanders
Minister of National Defense	Maya Fernández
Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Defence	Vice Admiral Rodrigo Álvarez Aguirre
Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army	Army General Javier Iturriaga del Campo
Notable commanders	Bernardo O'Higgins, José Miguel Carrera, José de San Martín, Manuel Bulnes, Manuel Baquedano, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Augusto Pinochet
Insignia
Flag
Flag of the Chilean Army chief
Fin flash

The Chilean Army (Spanish: Ejército de Chile) is the land arm of the Chilean Armed Forces. This 80,000-person army (9,200 of which are conscripts)^[2] is organized into six divisions, a special operations brigade and an air brigade.

In recent years, and after several major re-equipment programs, the Chilean Army has become the most technologically advanced and professional army in Latin America.^[4][5]

The Chilean Army is mostly supplied with equipment from Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, the United States, Israel, France, and Spain.