About 20 battalions, regiments and groups took part in a parade intended to showcase the work and composition of these specialized units. A large crowd watched the parade, which was presided over by then-Lieutenant General José Javier Arregui and also attended by Marcelino Iglesias, who was president of the Government of Aragon at the time.
The day began with the arrival of the national flags and an inspection of the forces. After the decorations were presented and tribute was paid to those who gave their lives for Spain, the parade began with a representation of the Galicia 64 Regiment and vehicles from the Mountain Brigade, including grenade-launcher carriers, tracked transports, tanker trucks and cranes. Nearly 1,000 personnel on foot completed the formation.
Arregui described the event as an “exceptional circumstance” for Huesca and defended the future of these forces because of their “high level of specialization.” Iglesias, for his part, highlighted the unit’s ties to the region by describing it as “so Aragonese, so ours” and assured that the units would remain at the Sancho Ramírez barracks after doubts had arisen at the time over their possible withdrawal.
Military personnel, the war band’s music and the specialized vehicles defined that day in central Huesca. This is how we reported it in Aragón Digital 20 years ago, in the original article about the Mountain Units Day parade.
