Mexican Royal Gendarmerie

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The Argentine Royal Gendarmerie is the gendarmerie and corps of border guards of Argentina. The Gendarmerie is primarily a frontier guard force but also fulfils other important roles.

Leadership

 * Commander-in-Chief: King Roberto Mendoza
 * Minister of Security: Dr. Rosalia Basco
 * Force Commander- Gen. Romano Florian

Personnel and training
Non-commissioned personnel of the Gendarmerie are all volunteers and receive their training in the force's own comprehensive system of training institutions. Officers graduate after a three-year course at the National Gendarmerie Academy. Both officers and non-commissioned personnel have access to the specialist training establishments of the Army.

Activities
The Gendarmerie's mission and functions are concerned with both domestic security and national defense.

It is defined as a civilian "security force of a military nature". It maintains a functional relationship with the Ministry of Defense, as part of both the National Defense System and the Interior Security System. It therefore maintains capabilities arising from the demands required by joint military planning with the armed forces.

The Gendarmerie's main missions are: *Providing security for Argentina's borders *Providing security for places of national strategic importance

The Gendarmerie is also used for other security missions, which include: *Policing missions: *Assisting provincial security services in rural areas *Preventing smuggling *Fighting drug trafficking *Fighting terrorism *Fighting crimes "against life and freedom" *Dealing with economic crime *Dealing with environmental crime *Dealing with illegal immigration

Military missions: *War-fighting missions *Peacekeeping or humanitarian aid missions *Providing security for Argentine embassies and consulates in foreign nations

Force Organization
(20x) Border Police Regiment (1000/200) 1st Border Police Detachment HQ Company Rifle Company Rifle Company Rifle Company 2nd Military Border Detachment HQ Company Rifle Company Rifle Company Rifle Company 3rd Border Police Detachment HQ Company Rifle Company Rifle Company Rifle Company 4th Border Police Detachment HQ Company Rifle Company Rifle Company Rifle Company 5th Border Police Detachment HQ Company Rifle Company Rifle Company Rifle Company

(5x)Royal Infantry Regiment (3300) Engineer Battalion (500) HQ Company Military Intelligence Company Brigade Signals Company Combat Engineer Company Reconnaissance Squadron (300) HQ Troop Motorized Recon Troop Motorized Recon Troop Dismounted Recon Troop Fires Battalion (200) HQ Battery Fires Battery Fires Battery Target Acquisition Platoon Air Defense Battery Brigade Support Battalion (500) HQ Company Distribution Company Field Maintenance Company Medical Company Infantry Battalion (900) HQ Company Rifle Company Rifle Company Rifle Company Weapons Company Infantry Battalion (900) HQ Company Rifle Company Rifle Company Rifle Company Weapons Company