Venezuelan Naval School: 214 years training men and women for the defense of the Homeland
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Published at: 21/04/2025 08:28 AM
On April 21, 1811, the first Naval School in Venezuela was created in the state of La Guaira , founded by Frigate Ensign Vicente Parrado, who was one of the teachers together with Pedro de la Iglesia.
The first promotion graduated on October 29, 1811, and consisted of Juan Carcaño, Manuel de Agreda and Urloa, Luis José de Erazo, Diego de Hugo, Agustín García and José Víctor Escobar.
During the government of Juan Vicente Gómez, there was a great abandonment of the Navy in general, which influenced the development of the Naval School as an obstacle.
For his part, General Eleazar López Contreras, promoted the Navy again since 1937 and allowed the graduates of the Naval School to begin to be sent to academies abroad to carry out technification courses, and in 1938 he acquired the first two modernized ships in Italy.
On May 4, 1960, the Venezuelan Navy acquired the ARV called “Carite” (S-11), a unit with which the country's submarine forces were inaugurated, which would serve as a training ship for many generations of the Naval School.
Later, on August 19, 1979, female cadets entered the Naval School for the first time and became officers of the Navy.
In the 80s, the Simón Bolívar ARBV (BE-11), better known as the “Simon Bolivar” School Ship, was purchased, which is a vessel on which the officers of this Alma Mater have been trained ever since.
On September 3, 2010, Commander Hugo Chávez decreed the creation of the Bolivarian Military University of Venezuela (UMBV), with the purpose of unifying all military higher education institutions in Venezuela.
That same year, the change of name was established, ceasing to be called the “Venezuelan Naval School” and was renamed the Military Academy of the Bolivarian Navy (AMARB).
Currently, this prestigious military institution aims to train officers to defend and protect the national territory.
Mazo News Team/FANB