Argentine Marines

Argentine Navy Infantry
Infantería de Marina de la Armada de la República Argentina
Active	1807–present
Country	Argentina
Branch	Argentine Navy
Type	Marines
Role	Amphibious Warfare
Size	5,500
Part of	Argentine Navy
Motto(s)	PATRIAE SEMPER VIGILES (Always vigilant for the Fatherland)
March	Marcha de la Infantería de Marina (Marine march)
Anniversaries	19 November 1879
Website	argentina.gob.ar/imara
Commanders
Current	Rear. Adm. Pedro Eugenio Galardi[1]

The Naval Infantry Command (Spanish: Comando de la Infantería de Marina, COIM), also known as the Naval Infantry of the Navy of the Argentine Republic (Spanish: Infantería de Marina de la Armada de la República Argentina, IMARA) and generally referred to in English as the Argentine marines, are the amphibious warfare branch of the Argentine Navy and one of its four operational commands.

The Argentine marines trace their origins to the Spanish Naval Infantry, which took part in conflicts in South America in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Argentine marines took part in various conflicts of the nineteenth and twentieth century, notably the War of the Triple Alliance and the Falklands War. The marines (represented by the 5th Naval Infantry Battalion) are considered to have been among the best Argentine combat units present in the Falklands. The most recent war in which Argentine naval infantry took part was the Gulf War of 1990.

Nowadays Argentine naval infantry are frequently deployed on UN peace-keeping missions.