Editing Armed Forces of Paraguay (section)

==Navy==
{{Main|Paraguayan Navy}}
{{Update|date=November 2010}}
[[File:Naval Jack of Paraguay.svg|thumb|Naval Jack of Paraguay]]

Although Paraguay is a landlocked country, it has a strong naval tradition by virtue of the fact that it has access to the [[Atlantic Ocean]] through the [[Paraguay River|Paraguay]]–[[Paraná River|Paraná]] rivers. The Paraguayan Navy has twelve bases. The main base is the Puerto Sajonia in [[Asuncion]], followed by Bahia Negra, Ciudad del Este, Encarnacion, Salto del Guaira. It also has facilities in Puerto Sajonia for helicopters and airplanes in SGAS. Naval personnel including Marine Corps aviation personnel, and the naval inward waters prefecture equal about 8,950. The Marine Corps have 800 marines, of which 400 are assigned to one commando unit with the rest being organized into a single battalion consisting of three [[Company (military unit)|companies]].

In terms of vessels, the Navy has 34 surface ships, some of which have reached centenarian age. (This is due in part to limited use and floating in fresh water.) The main vessels and the flagship of the Paraguay Navy is still [[Humaitá-class gunboat|''Paraguay'']], which was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] prior to Paraguay's involvement in the [[Chaco War]]. It has a further four [[patrol vessel]]s, of which the oldest was commissioned in 1908 and the newest in 1985. The Navy has 17 patrol boats of various drafts, four of which were donated by [[Taiwan]] and the United States, while the other 13 were built locally. The rest of the fleet is composed of [[tugboat]]s, [[barge]]s, [[landing craft]], transports, and a [[presidential yacht]]. The new additions are four Croc-class riverine vessels from Australia, plus 43 locally built riverline patrol vessels constructed from 2006 to 2009.  For air support, one [[Helibras HB350]] helicopter is used to provide [[Search and rescue|SAR]], [[MEDEVAC]] and utility work<ref name="World Air Forces 2020">{{cite web |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/reports/world-air-forces-2020/135665.article|title = World Air Forces 2020|publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 2020 |access-date= 1 March 2020|url-access=registration}}</ref>

Paraguay (C1) has a sister ship, Humaita (C2), that was turned into a museum ship after she ceased operations in 1983, but hasn't functioned as such this last decade. Humaita is in poor shape. (ABC Color News, 12/28/22)

=== Order of battle ===
COMANFLOT: {{lang|es|Comando de la Flota de Guerra}}.(Fleet Forces Command)

COMIM: {{lang|es|Comando de Infantería de Marina}}.(Fleet Marine Command)
*Marine Forces Regiment
**BIM 1 - Rosario
**BIM 2 - Vallemi
**BIM 3 - Carapegua
** Marine Commando Battalion
* COMAVAN(Naval Aviation Command)

{{lang|es|Grupo Aeronaval de Helicópteros}} (GAHE), Sajonia

{{lang|es|Escuadrilla de Helicópteros de Ataque}} (EHA)

{{lang|es|Escuadrilla de Propósitos Generales}} (EPG)
[[File:Cañonero ARP C-1 "Paraguay".jpg|thumb|Flagship, River gunboat ARP C-1 Paraguay]]
{{lang|es|Grupo Aeronaval de Propósitos Generales}} (GAPROGEN)

{{lang|es|Grupo Aeronaval de Entrenamiento}} (GAEN)

* COAPCOM: {{lang|es|Comando de Apoyo al Combate}}.(Combat Support Command)
* CINAE: {{lang|es|Comando de Institutos Navales y  Enseñanza}}. (Naval Education and Training Command)
* PGN: {{lang|es|Prefectura General Naval}}.(General Naval Prefecture)

{{lang|es|Cuartel General}} (Command)

{{lang|es|Estado Mayor}} (HQ)

{{lang|es|Prefectura Zona Pilar}} (Pilar Naval Prefecture)

{{lang|es|Prefectura Zona Alberdi}} (Alberdi Naval Prefecture)

{{lang|es|Prefectura Zona Central}} (Central Naval Prefecture)

{{lang|es|Prefectura Zona Concepcion}} (Cencepcion Naval Prefecture)

{{lang|es|Prefectura Zona Olimpo}} (Olimpo Naval Prefecture)

* DIRMAT: {{lang|es|Dirección del Material}} (Material Directorate)
* DIAPSER: {{lang|es|Dirección de Apoyo al Servicio}} (Service Support Directorate)

As of 2022, the Commander of the Paraguayan Navy is Rear Admiral Carlos Diaz. He is "Contraalmirante, Comandante de la Flota de Guerra de la Armada". (ABC Color, 12/28/22: "Gunboat 'Humaita' returns to its normal position after worrying inclination")