2024-09-23 18:40:11
A total of 7,959 members of the Armed Forces and Carabineros will parade through O’Higgins Park this Thursday, September 19.
One of the events that captures all the attention in each celebration of the National Holidays is the Military Paradewhich is done year after year.
The above, in order to commemorate the Day of the Glories of the Armywhere different schools and units of the Chilean Army along with other branches of the Armed Forces, Law Enforcement and Security, In addition to the Chilean Investigative Police (PDI) They join together for the parade that takes place in O’Higgins Park, in the commune of Santiago.
In this context, the person who heads the ceremony is the presidente Gabriel Boric with the Minister of Defense, Maya Fernándezand his entire cabinet of ministers, undersecretaries and deputy secretaries.
Compared to this year, a total of 7,959 officers of the Armed Forces and Carabineros will be part of the 2024 Military Parade.
This figure represents a 20% less than the number of uniformed officers who participated last yearaccording to El Mercurio.
According to the aforementioned media, this abrupt decrease is explained by the fact that The troops are carrying out various tasks in the north and south of the country. As a result, parades in areas other than garrisons were also suspended.
In detail, there will be 4,280 Army personnel, 1,297 Navy personnel, 1,048 FACh personnel and 1,334 Carabineros officers.
When and at what time will the 2024 Military Parade begin?
The 2024 Military Parade will take place this Thursday, September 19 in the eclipse of Parque O’Higgins and will start from 11:00 amand the parade is expected to extend until approximately 1:30 p.m.