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Message: [QUOTE="goodvibes33, post: 485645, member: 11503"] [I][B]Comandos de Infantería de Marina[/B][/I] [IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/2c/9d/8b/2c9d8ba883fe6dc9499dc8b5e0a2af71.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3](Comandos de Infantería de Marina badge)[/SIZE] -400 active duty personnel -2 Comandos Battalions -Motto is “[I]Olvidando jamás que un comando es un marino de élite que llega a la línea de batalla por tierra, mar o aire[/I]” [I](Never forgetting that a commando is an elite marine who arrives at the line of battle by land, sea or air)[/I] The Mexican Comandos de Infantería de Marina are the main reconnaissance asset under the UNOPES command, Comandos de Infantería de Marina has their roots not in an actual unit but in two extinct Mexican Marines courses: Curso de Contra-guerrilla (The Counterinsurgency Course) and Curso Israelí (Israeli Course) both were pretty much 20th century commando type courses and with the years the Secretaria de Marina (Mexican Department of Navy) decided to create the Comandos de Infantería de Marina in 2001 to support FES groups; the Comandos course is about 7 weeks, the Comandos de Infanteria de Marina are divided in two battalions: BATCOGO (Gulf-Commando Battalion) and BATCOPA (Pacific-Commando Battalion), each battalion has 200 members; Comandos de Infantería usually trains with Marine Recon and other regional Recon/LRS type units, by the way Comandos de Infanteria de Marina has a pretty funny rivality with Navy FES for who gets first the reconnaissance patrols during regional operations in the mexican sierras. Comandos de Infantería de Marina photos (attachments in the previous post are Comandos photos) [IMG]http://www.multimedios.com/files/article_episode/uploads/2016/01/08/568ff997f307d.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]http://s11.postimg.org/soovr776b/13173929_521485651364280_4456488092446543251_n.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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