The division step

Transforming element of the Army

Major General Fernando García González-Valerio in 2019, commanding the "Castillejos" division, the last large unit of the Army, with more than 20.000 men under his command. Source - Ministry of Defense.

The division echelon has been, in recent years, put aside in favor of others such as the brigade, something that should change to face new threats. As we know, the end of the Cold War and the involvement of Western armies in modern conflicts, hybrid type or asymmetrical, have relegated the role of traditional division. However, not only the reborn influence and aggressive foreign policy of the Russian Federation it has revalued conventional conflict and with it, the use of divisions; It has also become clear that in numerous phases of current conflicts, the level of command and control deployed by brigades is not sufficient to manage all the aspects that converge in these war scenarios.

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