The 1st Army Division (), formerly the Northern Army Detachment (), is a combined infantry division unit of the

Peruvian Army The Peruvian Army (, abbreviated EP) is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with safeguarding the independence, sovereignty and integrity of national territory on land through military force. Additional missions include assistance in s ...

(EP) that specialized in combat patrol in mountain forest terrain, combined arms, counterinsurgency, jungle warfare, and maneuver warfare.

History

First founded as a Region, its headquarters were relocated by

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's administration from Lambayeque to

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in 1930. It was then reorganized under Manuel Prado's administration and renamed as the Northern Army Detachment () in January 1941, under the command of then General

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. After hostilities broke out with

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on July of the same year, the division took on a major role during the conflict, carrying out an offensive on the Ecuadorian coast. In the 1960s, the unit was again renamed to the 1st Military Region, and again in 2003 as the Northern Military Region. In 2012, by Legislative Decree No. 1137 “Peruvian Army Law”, the military regions again became army divisions. As a result, the unit's name was again changed to its current one. The division's coat of arms features a

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and other features that represent certain elements of the division.

Organization

The 1st Army Division is formed by the following units: *1st Infantry Brigade *1st Cavalry Brigade *Artillery Group Crl. José Joaquín Inclán *6th Jungle Brigade *7th Infantry Brigade *32nd Infantry Brigade *9th Armored Brigade *1st Services Brigade

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{{notelist Military units and formations of Peru

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