The Fuzileiros partook actively with 12.255 men during the whole Colonial War (1961 to 1974), in all three theatres of operations in which the war played out:

Angola: Participated 17 Destacamentos de Fuzileiros Especiais (Special Fuzileiros Detachments) and 22 Fuzileiros Companies.
Guiné-Bissau: Participated 26 Destacamentos de Fuzileiros Especiais (Special Fuzileiros Detachments) and 12 Fuzileiros Companies.
Moçambique: Participated 19 Destacamentos de Fuzileiros Especiais (Special Fuzileiros Detachments) and 12 Fuzileiros Companies.

Since the re-creation of the Fuzileiros until the end of the overseas conflict in 1975, there was no Corpo de Fuzileiros (Fuzileiros Corp), because until then the Fuzileiros were organized in Destacamentos de Fuzileiros Especiais (Special Fuzileiros Detachments), Fuzileiros Companies and Independent Platoons, all of temporary character, for the fulfillment of commissions in the overseas provinces under the orders of the Comandos Navais (Naval Commands) or Comandos de Zona Marítima (Sea Zone Commands).

In Continental Portugal existed the Força de Fuzileiros do Continente (Mainland Fuzileiros Force) created in 1969, in the direct dependence of the Almirante Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada (Chief of Portuguese Naval Staff) and the Escola de Fuzileiros (Fuzileiros School) under the hierarchical dependence of the Almirante Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada (Chief of Portuguese Naval Staff) and functional dependence of the Superintendência de Pessoal – Direção de Serviço Instrução e Treino. (Personnel Superintendence – Direction of the Service of Instruction and Training). The Força de Fuzileiros do Continente (Mainland Fuzileiros Force) suffers its first structural change in 1970 when it started being in direct dependence of the Comando Naval do Continente (Mainland Naval Command).

The Força de Fuzileiros do Continente had as its main task to help in the activation of the Fuzileiros Units- Detachments, Companies and Platoons, as well as their respective deactivation when they ended their commission overseas, and to function as the Corpo de Adidos da Marinha (Navy Attaché Corp -Staff in transit). In its structure was integrated the Attaché Company, which because of the nature and quantity of personnel in it present as well as the complexity of the issues which dealt with daily was commanded by a Capitão-Tenente (Lieutenant-Commander OF-3).

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Important dates of the 400 years old history of the Fuzileiros

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