The Agrupación de Comandos Anfibios (Amphibious Commandos Group, APCA) is a special operations force of the Argentine Navy, trained to perform non-conventional amphibious reconnaissance and operations. It was created in 1952 by the Vigilance and Security Company of Submarine Bases (today known as Base Naval Mar del Plata). Special forces or special operations forces is a term used to describe relatively small military units raised and trained for reconnaissance, unconventional warfare and special operations. ... Argentine Navy Jack The Armada de la República Argentina (ARA) is the navy of Argentina. ... The word amphibious or amphibian, when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language. ... Mixed reconnaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ... Special forces or special operations forces is a term used to describe relatively small military units raised and trained for reconnaissance, unconventional warfare and special operations. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1960 the group carries out its first advanced training course of special amphibious reconnaissance, swimming/diving and HALO/HAHO parachuting in the Military Diving School and in the Argentine Army. With the personnel of the 7th Marine Corps Company, is created in 1966 the Amphibious Reconnaissance and Exploration Company, taking new tasks and responsibilities. 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Training is the teaching of vocational or practical and relates to specific useful skills. ... The word amphibious or amphibian, when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language. ... Mixed reconnaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ... Swimming is the method by which living creatures move themselves through water in a method not involving simply walking on the bottom. ... Diving has several meanings:- Jumping or falling deliberately, often acrobatically, into water. ... HALO/HAHO is a term used by the United States armed forces to describe a method of delivering personnel, equipment, and supplies from a transport aircraft at a high altitude via free-fall parachute insertion. ... The Argentine Army (Spanish Ejército Argentino) is the land armed force branch of the Argentine military and the senior military service of the country. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

The commando course is incorporated in the training in 1973, and in the next year the unit acquires the denomination of Amphibious Commandos Group. Training is the teaching of vocational or practical and relates to specific useful skills. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

The group participated in 1978 and 1979 in the Marine Corps force deployment in Tierra del Fuego, executing many special operations missions. The April 2nd of 1982, the unit integrated the Amphibious Task Force in the Falklands Islands War, participating in the Governor’s House battle, the ambush of Moody Brook, the combat of the South Georgia Islands and the Argentine harbor defense. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Tierra del Fuego (Spanish: land of Fire) is an archipelago at the southernmost tip of South America. ... Special forces or special operations forces is a term used to describe relatively small military units raised and trained for reconnaissance, unconventional warfare and special operations. ... A mission literally means something that is sent, from the Latin word missum, sent. Thus we may refer to space exploration expeditions as space missions, or to a diplomatic outpost in a foreign territory as a diplomatic mission. Christian missions are movements or outposts of Christian proselytism. ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Falklands War or the Malvinas War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas), was an armed conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands (also known in Spanish as the Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, between March and June of 1982. ... South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, also claimed by Argentina. ...

See also

• Tactical Divers Group
• Argentine Navy