Chilean Army showcases BOE Lautaro’s Humvee and Outlander quadmobiles at 2022 military parade

The Chilean Army’s Brigade of Special Operations (BOE) Lautaro exhibited the AM General HMMWV (Humvee) High Mobility Multipurpose Vehicles configured for long-range operations and, for the first time, the Can AM Outlander quad motorcycles at the 2022 Grand Military Parade.

This ceremony, officially created in 1915 by President Ramón Barros Luco, is held every year on September 19 to honor the glory of the Chilean Army. This edition counted:

3,177 members of the army,
1,372 Marines,
1,201 members of the Air Force (FACh),
1,695 carabineros and
400 members of the Chilean Investigative Police (PDI).

The military parade took place on the ellipse of Parque O’Higgins in Santiago and was led for the first time by

the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric,

the Minister of Defense, Maya Fernández, and

the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army, General Javier Iturriaga.

The event was also attended by

the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Juan Andrés De la Maza,

the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force (FACh), Air Force General Arturo Merino,

the Director General of the Carabineros, Ricardo Yáñez, and

the Director General of the PDI, Sergio Muñoz.

President Boric, who arrived at O’Higgins Park with Minister Fernández in a Ford Galaxie 500 XL and accompanied by lancers from the Presidential Escort Regiment No. 1 Grenadiers, was presented with the honors of the decree by the parent schools of the Armed Forces and the Carabineros.

PROFESSIONALISM, FAIRNESS AND DISCIPLINE

President Boric said it was “an honor to see the Republic and its history vibrate so deeply. To see this act, so significant for the subordination of military power to civilian power, honoring the glory of the Armed Forces and, of course, the history of our country, makes me very proud to represent the Chileans.”

At the beginning of the ceremony, General Iturriaga referred to the Great Military Parade of 2022, stressing that “our personnel are the center of attention. I believe that we must maintain the professionalism, fighting spirit and discipline of our soldiers.”

At the same time, General Iturriaga addressed a message to the nearly 1,000 soldiers stationed in the southern macrozone under the constitutional state of emergency that has been in effect since May of this year in the regions of Biobío and La Araucanía.

Iturriaga expressed the “great pride that fills me to be your commander in chief, the pride of seeing in you the great vocation of service that you fulfill every day with your performance.”

Concluding his remarks, he stressed, “I feel through the expressions of affection that the Army is appreciated for the way it has carried out its missions.”