Epaulette Change in CCOPAB
Unprecedented ceremony of epaulette change in CCOPAB
On May 02, 2011, the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (acronym in Portuguese: CCOPAB) carried out the promotion ceremony of its Deputy Commander, Captain (Marines) Alexandre ABALLO Nunes, whose promotion took place according to Brazilian Navy´s Directive No. 137 issued on April 28 of this year. At that moment, the Commander of the Center, Colonel Pedro Aurélio de PESSÔA, invited Captain LUCIANI de Souza Aballo Nunes, the Deputy Commander´s wife, to participate in the epaulette change. In his words, CAPT (Marines) ABALLO thanked for the presence of CAPT LUCIANI, as well as for the diligence of all members of CCOPAB, and expressed his being honored for having received his epaulettes in the Center due to this military organization having as its members military personnel representing the three Military Forces. CEL PESSÔA also emphasized the importance of the family as a social institution and the extremely positive results the Center has achieved in its activities.
