CCOPAB celebrates Brazilian Navy´s Data Magna and promotion of military personnel

Written by Gerente on 16 June 2011.

On June 11, 1865, fearless Brazilian people led one of the most important deeds of the Brazilian history: the victory of the Battle of Riachuelo, That battle was decisive for the favorable end of the War of the Triple Alliance.

In order to celebrate the Brazilian Navy´s Data Magna for the 146^th Anniversary of the Battle of Riachuelo, the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (acronym in Portuguese: CCOPAB) accomplished a ceremony on June 13 which also celebrated the chevron and epaulette exchange of military personnel of the Navy stationed at CCOPAB. This celebration counted on the presences of those personnel´s family members. The promoted personnel in their new ranks are:

- Warrant Officers (Marines) Vagner Siqueira and Zeuler Fernandes da Silva;

- First Sergeants (Marines) Robson James Maurício Coutinho and -João Luiz da Costa;

- Second Sergeants (Marines) Alexandre Menezes de Lima, César da Silva Ribeiro ADN Sérgio de Souza Dias.