On January 24, Colonel Luiz Fernando Estorilho Baganha handed over the command of the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Center to Colonel Jose Ricardo Vendramin Nunes. The ceremony was headed by Lieutenant General José Alberto da Costa Abreu, Commander of the 1st Army Division.
In the night of December 19, the 1st Army Division held at its outdoor stairs the celebration for Christmas within the garrison of Vila Militar. It was a cultural activity for those military personnel and their families who live in the garrison as well as for the civilians from the surrounding neighborhoods, as it showed the results of the context regarding Christmas lighting simultaneously with the presentations of choirs highlighting the Christmas spirit.
On December 4 and 5, the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (CCOPAB) held in its facilities the 2013's Seminar on Lessons Learned. The event counted only on the participation of officers and non-commissioned officers serving at the Center.
The Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (CCOPAB) introduced the new Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel (Brazilian Air Force) Fábio Augusto Grineberg Domingues to its staff. During the same event, there was the ceremony for the promotion of 5 military personnel from the Brazilian Army.
On the last 29 November, CCOPAB carried out the closing ceremony of the first edition of the course on Logistics and Reimbursement in PKOs. Thirty-three military personnel completed the course – 06 from the Brazilian Navy, 25 from the Brazilian Army, and 02 from the Brazilian Air Force; all of them working at Sector Military Units in charge of logistics of the Brazilian Armed Forces.
