During the commemoration of Mexican Navy Day, the president declared:

”In these six years, it has been a great honor and an enormous privilege to command those who serve the Nation from the ranks of the Mexican Army, Air Force and Navy. The values that unite and identify them encouraged, guided and inspired me to always give the best of myself in the fulfillment of my duties and responsibilities”: EPN

President Peña Nieto highlighted the noble work of members of the Navy, “For the assistance and protection of the civilian population in the event of disaster and humanitarian aid through the Marine Plan”. Mexicans, he stressed, “Will never forget your determined, courageous and timely participation, together with your colleagues from the Army and the Air Force, in assisting the population affected by hurricanes, floods and earthquakes”.

We have all witnessed your tireless efforts to rescue trapped people, care for injured people, support victims and protect their assets,” he said.

In six years, the shipyards of the institution built 16 ships for the Navy. Moreover, eight vessels were assembled and delivered to PEMEX and 11 more are under construction.

He hailed the fact that today, this commemoration, "Has seen the delivery of the long-range oceanic patrol reformer POLA-101, whose launch we witnessed a moment ago, together with the inauguration of the government building of the Navy Shipyard Number 20”.

"It is the first time in the history of the Mexican Navy that a frigate has been built with the characteristics referred to here of the POLA-101, this Long Range Oceanic Patrol Ship, the first of its kind to be built in the shipyards of our country, with the collaboration of the Dutch shipyards, and it is the first time that throughout the hemisphere this technique, this naval engineering, has been used for the construction of a ship with these dimensions and characteristics”: EPN

  • 47 aircraft and 30 helicopters were acquired. With all this, we support the surveillance capacity of our coasts, territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone”.
  • The Naval University was created as the guiding axis of the professional training of our sailors.
  • We remodeled the Heroic Naval Military School, inaugurated the new facilities of the Naval Aviation School and the Naval Center for Studies in Health Sciences, and next week we will also open the doors of the Naval Medical Center”.
  • Another substantive advance in this administration was the decision to transfer the function of the national maritime authority to the Mexican Navy.