Military Mountain School
Historical overview
The idea of a Military Mountain School in the Argentinean Army came
up at the beginning of the last century owing to the necessity of
having a Unit with the capability of centralising, developing and
teaching the different tactical and technical skills required for
the survival, movement and combat in this particular environment
for the Officers and enlisted men of this branch.

The Mountain School has an immediate antecedent: the creation in
1923 of the North and Cuyo Mountain Detachments located in the
provinces of Salta and Mendoza, respectively.



On 1938, the Andean Instruction Centre was created in San Carlos
de Bariloche but three years later, it was moved to the Uspallata
Valley, in the province of Mendoza, where the Mountain School was
organised.

Later, on March 20th 1964, the Andean Instruction Detachment was
created once again in San Carlos de Bariloche. It changed its name
twice until the end of 1980, when due to the new educational
concepts, it took its present name.



The Military Mountain School mission is to develop and conduct the
complementary courses related with the mountain environment for the
Officers and NCO's of the Argentinean Army; for members of the other
Armed and Security Forces; and for members of foreign countries
through the different exchange programmes.

On August 5th 1993, the Mountain School Detachment "Bariloche" was
created as the support unit of the Mountain School, with the
additional missions of being able to test new doctrine as well as
becoming a model of mountain units.



Finally, through a presidential decree issued on October 8th 1995,
the Military Mountain School received the name of the former
Argentinean President and member of the Mountain Troops
"Lt Gen. Juan Domingo Perón."