{"id":64483,"date":"2026-04-14T21:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=64483"},"modified":"2026-05-16T23:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:54:34","slug":"the-program-for-spains-armed-forces-day-2026-which-will-be-held-in-vigo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/04\/14\/the-program-for-spains-armed-forces-day-2026-which-will-be-held-in-vigo\/","title":{"rendered":"The program for Spain's Armed Forces Day 2026, which will be held in Vigo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of May, the city of Vigo will host, for the first time in its history, the main events of the Spanish Armed Forces Day.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/10\/02\/the-events-of-the-spanish-national-police-day-2025-celebrated-in-vigo-in-a-series-of-images\/\">The events of the Spanish National Police Day 2025 celebrated in Vigo, in a series of images<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/06\/07\/dia-de-las-fuerzas-armadas-en-canarias-un-ejercicio-logistico-para-una-situacion-real\/\">D\u00eda de las Fuerzas Armadas en Canarias: \u00bfun ejercicio log\u00edstico para una situaci\u00f3n real?<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emad.defensa.gob.es\/prensa\/noticias\/2026\/04\/Listado\/260414-ni-presentacion-difas-vigo.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The program of events was announced today in Vigo<\/a> by the Chief of the Defence Staff (JEMAD), Admiral General Teodoro Esteban L\u00f3pez Calder\u00f3n, at an event held at the Vigo Naval Command. L\u00f3pez Calder\u00f3n emphasized that <em>\"<strong>this celebration aims to inform the public about the work that the military,<\/strong> including members of the Civil Guard, carries out both within and beyond our borders, our ongoing work of monitoring and protecting the territory and areas of sovereignty and national interest, <strong>as well as defending peace and freedom in the world<\/strong>.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The main events of Armed Forces Day will take place from May 26 to 31.<\/strong> The land and air parade will be held on May 30 on the <strong>Samil Beach<\/strong> promenade. This parade will feature the participation of all three branches of the armed forces and <strong>130 vehicles, 46 aircraft, and 25 helicopters<\/strong>. The events taking place in the city are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>From May 26 to 31, Port of Vigo:<\/strong> naval presence and static display of equipment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>May 27, 7:00 p.m. Bala\u00eddos Stadium:<\/strong> exhibition of personnel and equipment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>May 28, 7:15 p.m. Puerta del Sol:<\/strong> meeting of military music groups, with seven Armed Forces Music Units that will first perform a parade through the streets until they converge in that square.<\/li>\n<li><strong>May 29, 3:30 p.m. Vigo Estuary:<\/strong> Naval review presided over by H.M. King Felipe VI, with the participation of ships from the Navy and the Civil Guard.<\/li>\n<li><strong>May 29, 5:15 p.m. Samil Beach:<\/strong> Dynamic display of personnel and equipment. It will include an equestrian demonstration and a canine unit demonstration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>May 30, 12:00 PM. Samil Beach:<\/strong> Main event of Armed Forces Day. There will be a raising of the National Flag and a tribute to the National Flag, a tribute to those who gave their lives for Spain, and a land and air parade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>As a resident of Vigo, I am proud that my city will be hosting these events.<\/strong> It is an honor for the people of Vigo to be able to celebrate Armed Forces Day in its streets, on its estuary, and in its port. <strong>Of course, you will find more information about these events in Defense and Aviation.<\/strong> I hope to be able to cover them all; it is a historic opportunity to do so without leaving my city.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Main photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casareal.es\/sites\/listasaux_historico\/Galeras\/20240525-ACTO_CENTRAL_DEL_%E2%80%9CDIA_DE_LAS_F-ES-326109\/reyes_dia_fuerzas_armadas_20240525_07.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casa Real<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of May, the city of Vigo will host, for the first time in its history, the main events of the Spanish Armed Forces Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19534,11550,25398],"tags":[24802,1805,17624,907,16687,19262,11875,11757,10557,11111,10669,11460,10747],"class_list":["post-64483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-defense","category-galicia-eng","tag-admiral-general-teodoro-esteban-lopez-calderon","tag-galicia","tag-military-emergency-unit-ume","tag-pontevedra","tag-royal-guard-of-spain","tag-samil-beach","tag-spanish-air-force","tag-spanish-armed-forces-day","tag-spanish-army","tag-spanish-civil-guard","tag-spanish-navy","tag-vigo","tag-vigo-estuary"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-30 05:24:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}