page_title: Brazilian Marine Corps
section_title: Regional
hierarchical_section_title: Brazilian Marine Corps / Organization / Regional
caption_attribution_description: Arquivo liberado pela Marinha do Brasil através de projeto GLAM com Wiki Educação Brasil
context_page_description: The Brazilian Marine Corps is the land combat branch and amphibious branch of the Brazilian Navy. The Corps is specialised in amphibious warfare, coastal reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, guerrilla warfare, raids, maritime interdiction and boarding operations. They are almost equivelant to the Portuguese Marine Corps and have similar capabilities to the British Royal Marine Commandos and American Force Recon.
context_section_description: "Marine Groups" (Grupamentos de Fuzileiros Navais (GptFN) are subordinate to the Naval Districts (Distritos Navais), for the security of naval installations, as well as performing operations in support of the Naval District where they are assigned, while the 7th Marine Group is also tasked for public duties in the Brasilia area. They are located in the vicinity of the local Naval District headquarters. GptFNs are small-sized Marine battalions.
  GptFN of Rio de Janeiro, RJ (1st DN)
  GptFN of Salvador, Bahia (2nd DN)
  GptFN of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte (3rd DN)
  GptFN of Belém, Pará (4th DN)
  GptFN of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul (5th DN)
  GptFN of Ladário, Mato Grosso do Sul (6th DN)
  GptFN of Brasília, Distrito Federal (7th DN)
  GptFN of São Paulo, São Paulo (8tht DN) (in formation)
  Riverine Operations Battalion (Batalhão de Operações Ribeirinhas), Manaus, Amazonas (9th DN)
caption: Amphibious operation in river.
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