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Rank badges have a band of colour indicating branch: Colour. Branch/service. Gold. General officers. Light brown. General staff; Presidential Guards Corps, Presidential High Command. Purple. Army aviation (includes the Air Force); Parachutist Fusiliers.
Medal of Naval Merit. The Condecoración al Mérito Naval is the Naval equivalent of the Medal of Military Merit, conferred for exceptionally meritorious acts which benefit the Mexican Navy. Description: Gilt or silver 8-pointed star of multiple rays, with an anchor in the center in opposing metal color surrounded by a wreath of laurel and oak ...
Mexican Navy. The Mexican Navy is one of the two independent armed forces of Mexico. The actual naval forces are called the Armada de México. The Secretaría de Marina ( SEMAR) (English: Naval Secretariat) includes both the Armada itself and the attached ministerial and civil service. The commander of the Navy is the Secretary of the Navy, who ...
The Mexican Armed Forces ( Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de México) are the military forces of the United Mexican States. The Spanish crown established a standing military in colonial Mexico in the eighteenth century. [ 5] After Mexican independence in 1821, the military played an important political role, with army generals serving as heads of ...
The Mexican Honors system consists of civil orders, decorations and medals that are conferred on citizens and foreigners in recognition of their services and achievements. Although the indigenous empires that made up modern Mexico had their own way of recognizing individuals, the current system traces its roots from colonial New Spain, and has ...
The modern Mexican Legion of Honor ( Spanish: Legión de Honor Mexicana) is an order of merit awarded to soldiers, veterans, and others who have made outstanding contributions to the national defense, security, or sovereignty of Mexico. An earlier, post-revolutionary version was organized as a military reserve force.
Its head is the Secretary of National Defense who, like the co-equal Secretary of the Navy, is directly answerable to the President. [2] Before 1937, the position was called the Secretary of War and Navy (Secretaría de Guerra y Marina). The agency has its headquarters in Lomas de Sotelo, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City. [3]
Mexican Air Force. The Mexican Air Force ( FAM; Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Mexicana) is the air service branch of the Mexican Armed Forces. It is a component of the Mexican Army and as such overseen by the National Defense Secretariat ( SEDENA ). The objective of the FAM is to defend the integrity, independence, and sovereignty of Mexico.