07 December 2021
Colombian Army establishes new brigade to help with humanitarian assistance operations
by Alejandro Sanchez
The Colombian military created a new brigade on 26 November tasked with humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations in the face of worsening extreme weather events due to climate change. The new brigade (Brigada de Atención y Prevención de Desastres del Ejército Nacional: BRIAD) is composed of two battalions, consisting of 950 troops, with army Colonel Juan Fernando Carmona Cardona appointed as the brigade's first commander.
A Colombian Army colonel currently in the active reserve recently told Janes
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