{"id":500855,"date":"2026-02-24T17:21:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/armed-forces-day-in-the-dominican-republic\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:21:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:21:42","slug":"armed-forces-day-in-the-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/armed-forces-day-in-the-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Forces Day in the Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"The <strong>Armed Forces Day<\/strong> is commemorated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/mide.gob.do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dominican Republic<\/a> every <strong>February 25<\/strong>, a date that coincides with the birth of Mat\u00edas Ram\u00f3n Mella, one of the Founding Fathers.\n\nThis celebration honors the work of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, institutions responsible for the defense of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and constitutional order of the country. The choice of the date highlights the historical link between the independence feat of 1844 and the permanent commitment of the Armed Forces to the protection of the nation.\n\nIn this day, official acts are carried out, headed by the President of the Republic in his capacity as the supreme authority of the Armed Forces, as well as military ceremonies, promotions, recognitions, and floral offerings in honor of national heroes.\n\nIn addition to their role in national defense, the Dominican Armed Forces play key roles in supporting citizen security, risk and disaster management, environmental protection, and humanitarian assistance.\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading:<a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/armada-de-rd-gradua-272-nuevos\/\">Dominican Republic Navy graduates 272 new recruits at Las Calderas Naval Base<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nThe Armed Forces Day represents an occasion to recognize the sacrifice, discipline, and vocation of service of men and women who make up the military institutions, reaffirming their commitment to peace, stability, and the development of the Dominican Republic.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Armed Forces Day is commemorated in the Dominican Republic every February 25, a date that coincides with the birth of Mat\u00edas Ram\u00f3n Mella, one of the Founding Fathers. This celebration honors the work of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, institutions responsible for the defense of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and constitutional order of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-500855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}