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Colombian First female Army officer to command a mechanized squad in Caquetá. In the Larandia Military Fort, in Caquetá, the Alazán Mechanized Squadron where is located, whose commander is the Second Lieutenant Michelle Arce, the 21-year-old officer is in charge of the security devices on the department's main roads. Second Lieutenant Arce, one of the first women to command an armored unit, walks the Caquetá roads with her soldiers, with the aim of guaranteeing the safety of the Caqueteños who travel daily through these important roads in the Colombian Amazon. At her young age, she has the training to command the rattlesnake and Urutu vehicles, with which she carries out constant patrols on the road axes that connect the municipalities of Paujil and Doncello. Thanks to her knowledge, leadership and commitment, Second Lieutenant Arce coordinates security operations on the department's roads, in which she has managed to make arrests for drug trafficking and seizure of hallucinogenic substances, affecting the chain of ilegal economies in the region, contributing to the institutional mission. She and the other officers of this weapon of the army that make up the Mechanized Cavalry Group No. 12, General Ramón Arturo Rincón Quiñones, work with commitment to forge discipline and a military vocation every day, with the objective of continuing to deliver victories to the Colombian National Army. In this way, the National Army ratifies its commitment to the inclusion of women in positions that, until a few years ago, were only held by men; and that now they open the door to thousands of young Colombians who like her dream of belonging to the institution and serving their country with honor.
