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The Minister of Defense stressed that the institution will be specialized in providing training in conventional weapons and ammunition systems.In order to establish the educational guidelines for the Armed Forces, academic bodies and affiliated organizations, the Ministry of Defense recognized the Army War Material School (EMGE) as the highest level center, specialized in training in conventional weapons and ammunition systems.
The ceremony was presided over by the Minister of Defense, Walter Astudillo Chavez, at its headquarters located in the facilities of the Chorrillos Military School, and was attended by the General Commander of the Army, Army General Cesar Briceno Valdivia, and the Vice Minister of Resources for Defense, Jorge Herrera Orlandini. During the ceremony, the head of the Defense sector highlighted that the institution will be specialized in providing training in conventional weapons and ammunition systems.
The recognition of the EMGE was made official through Ministerial Resolution No. 00961-2024-DE. With this, the institution will be responsible for developing specialized educational programs for military personnel of all Armed Forces.
The recognition of this center is part of one of the actions established in the Strategic Plan for the Management of Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives of the Defense Sector. Along the same lines, they will develop various training programs.
For example, the development of the Conventional Ammunition Management Program, Conventional Weapons Final Disposal Programs, Ammunition Final Disposal Program, Homologation and Updating Programs for Specialized Personnel, in addition to other programs required by the Armed Forces, according to the academic needs of military personnel, is planned.
The director of the Army War Material School, Army Colonel Julio Vizcarra Junco, participated in the recognition ceremony; as well as other invited authorities from the Ministry of Defense, the Navy and the Peruvian Air Force.
