Editing Peruvian Armed Forces (section)

=== Joint Command ===
{{main|Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru}}
The Joint Command of the Armed Forces is tasked with the mission to "plan, prepare, coordinate and conduct military operations and actions to guarantee independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity and support the national development of Peru".<ref>{{cite web|title=Misión|url=http://www.ccffaa.mil.pe/ccffaa/mision/|website=www.ccffaa.mil.pe|publisher=[[Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru]]|access-date=2 June 2017|language=es-PE}}</ref> This branch of the armed forces was developed in the 1950s following [[World War II]], when Peru evaluated operational tactics used and adapted them to their own military.<ref name=CCFFAA>{{cite web|title=Historia del CCFFAA|url=http://www.ccffaa.mil.pe/ccffaa/historia/|website=www.ccffaa.mil.pe|publisher=[[Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru]]|access-date=2 June 2017|language=es-PE}}</ref> On 1 February 1957, the Joint Command was created following a commission of defense agencies studied its role, with the Joint Command depending directly on the President of Peru while also being "the highest step in the planning and coordination of the operations of the Army, Navy and Aeronautics Forces".<ref name=CCFFAA/>