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The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff presides over the demonstration of personnel and material in the Plaza de Toros on the occasion of DIFAS

In Huesca
May 26, 2022
  • Lieutenant General Fernando García González-Valerio was accompanied by the Mayor of Huesca, Luis Felipe Serrate and the Subdelegate of the Government in Huesca, Silvia Salazar

At seven o'clock in the evening, the demonstration of Armed Forces personnel and equipment began in the Bull Ring in Huesca. The exhibition was presided over by the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JEMACON in Spanish), Lieutenant General Fernando García González-Valerio, representing the Chief of the Defence Staff, Admiral General Teodoro Esteban López Calderón. The JEMACON was accompanied by the Mayor of Huesca, Luis Felipe Serrate and the Subdelegate of the Government in Huesca, Silvia Salazar.

Other military and civilian authorities were also present in the box, and together with the large audience, they were able to enjoy the equestrian demonstrations of the Floured Movements Section of the Cavalry Squadron of the Royal Guard, which ended its performance with a salute of honour. Afterwards, it was the turn of the Navy's Protection Force Units, who began their demonstration with a simulation of an intrusion that neutralised a Naval Police patrol accompanied by a combat dog.

They were followed by the Horse Breeding Service of the Armed Forces with a demonstration of harnessing, classical and cowboy dressage and cobra with purebred Spanish and Spanish-Arabian horses and mares from the military stud farm.

This performance was followed by a demonstration by the Spanish Army, specifically a joint intervention by a Military Police unit and an EOD (explosives deactivation) team. They simulated neutralising an abandoned rucksack with the help of the Avenger deactivation robot.

The event was closed by the Cavalry Group of the Guardia Civil, with the Clarinet Band and the Lancers Section, all dressed in Grand Gala uniform, who performed a series of trotting carousels.

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