" History is the testimony of the times, the light of the truth, the life of the memory, the scale of the life and the messenger of the antiquity ".
Ciceron.
The most remote antecedent in reference to May of 1825 is when Major general Francisco de Paula Santander, Vice-president of the Great Colombia, ordered of the executive power, decreed to the increase of two naval infantry companies, to be provided to IV the Department of Navy with seat in Guayaquil by the necessity to increase National Navy in the district of the south.
Three years later, the 31 of August of 1828, our schooner Guayaquileña, counted on a trimming whose elements were skilful to fight the boarding. Defeating later to the Peruvian corvette " Libertad " in Naval Combat of Malpelo.

When Ecuador was separated from Great Colombia continued existing the Marines. In 1832 a company formed by 102 men, same who in the year of 1833 denominate Corps of Naval gunnery, commanded by the Captain the Diego Salinas existed.
In the following decade, the ships of our Navy counted on trimmings of boarding boats, in which it cooperated our personnel, as well as in the service of the naval gunnery.
At the end of century XIX and at the beginning of the Esmeraldas revolution, the 24 of September of 1913, two contingents of ship's crew of the Cruise " Cotopaxi ", disembarked in Esmeraldas to the control of the Lieutenant Manuel Cevallos and Carlos Ibañez, to fight the revolutionaries of Colonel Concha and to defend to the attacked quarter of the Battalion " Manabí ", would arise therefore the Landing battalion, conformed by the same personnel of attack, those that they had to be multiplied to fulfill those tasks to more of the specific ones.

Later the necessity was seen to arrange in land of personnel dedicated exclusively to those tasks. The Naval infantry battalion was conformed therefore to make activities of Marine Police of the Harbor authorities and harbor security of naval bases and facilities. In 1960 the Navy designated a selected group of personnel of several Distributions of attack as of earth, in order that it is prepared for the antisubversive tasks and of counterinsurgency. When becoming serious itself this problem, the Navy was forced to redouble the social political internal control. The 25 of July of 1962 the first Unit of Marines under the name of " Naval infantry battalion " is constituted (BATINF), assigning the left yards of the old Customs, located in the North sector of the Simón Bolivar Levee next to the hill Santa Ana.

In 1963, during the government of the Military joint, the Marines begin to be used in antisubversive actions in several ports of the country and in addition in the repression to the marine contraband.
In 1964 the Naval conscription begins, having like intention to complete the manning tables of the Battalion and to later obtain personal volunteer that continue serving in the Naval infantry battalion.
The 12 of November of 1966, by executive decree of the gentleman President Clemente Yerovi Indaburo, the Marine infantry is created, name that takes at the present time.

Established the specific organization and tasks one occurs to beginning to the professional preparation of Officials and Crew by means of programs of implementation in the outside soon to conform a group of instructors who give beginning in the country, basic courses of Men Frog, Commandos and Parachuting.
Before the reclamation of the Polytechnical school of the Coast, of the rights of property on the facilities occupied by the Marine infantry, it is acquired in the year of 1971 the lands that correspond to the present North Naval base, where was developed until 1985
In 1973 a new project of organization is approved determining the necessity to develop to an Operative Force and a Force of Security of Marines; and in 1974 the Marine infantry already was considered as Distribution within the administrative organization of the Navy whose Commando worked next to the Headquarters of Naval Operations in Quito.

Three years later in 1977 the Headquarters of Naval Operations is transferred to Guayaquil and in the same way the Marine command, the same one that maintains its conformation based on three devices of line: Battalion of Special Operations, Infantry battalion of Guayaquil and Supporting Battalion, seated in the facilities of San Eduardo from beginnings of 1985 to the present date.
THE PROFESSIONAL EVOLUTION
We can determine four periods defined thus:

PERIOD OF FORMATION: it includes the years before and after 1966, in where the pioneers knew to confront with resolution and decision difficult moments, critical situations, limitations and problems of all kind, as well as the deficiency of an own doctrine, of personnel and material means, even though this period has vital importance not only by its same creation but by the presence of good men, whose capacity, gives and conviction, would make possible that the beginnings of this new institution are placed in mainland with a suitable organization and professional formation for their men.

PERIOD OF THE PROFESIONALIZATION: From years 1970 to 1980, where the new generations of Officials and Crew stimulated by the example of their predecessors took the slug from the responsibility with delivery and enthusiasm, convinced of their vocation, service and love to the mother country, one occurs to a decisive impulse in the formation and qualification of his men with the creation of the Basic School and of Subspecialities and the Special forces company. With this one obtains significant profits in the professional field and the Marines begin to shine with own light and arrive to be recognized in the national scope by its capacity; by its mystic and her brilliants results.

PERIOD OF THE CONSOLIDATION: It includes from 1980 to 1998 in that transcendental definitions have occurred, deep transformations of all order, being obtained the definitive implementation and development of the physical infrastructure as well as its organization by means of the establishment of their Battalions Operative, Security, Logistical support, Jambelí and their Center of Formation of Infants of Navy. It is equipped to them with his main equipment, optimizes the administration of its resources, the level of preparation of its personnel rises and with it the operational capacity of such.

PRESENT PERIOD: That it goes from beginnings of the present year in which the Defense and internal Development are assigned to him as tasks oriented to contribute with the civil society in the different points where our Units exist: San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas, Port Bolivar and fundamentally Guayaquil, are the cities in where our presence and influences feels with greater vigor. Thus the catalytic role is fulfilled that harmonizes the work with the order; peace with the development, where the gun occurs to the hand with the wood and the machete like symbols of progress and integration between the common citizen and the Infant of Navy.
This brief synthesis of the history of the Marines, allows us to appreciate the long way crossed during 33 years to nowadays get to be, a very professional Unit characterized by an eagerness of fight and incomparable esprit of the corps who watch for the institution and the country.

These are the Marines that were present in Paquisha, that was always ready in Jambelí, and that will be always ready where the naval superiority determines it.
For those who we felt proud of being Infants of Navy, we know that the only thing that it lasts, is what it takes control of effort and sacrifice, reason why with devotion we prepared ourselves to be worthy of that high honor in us deposited, and who are not other that to contribute in the defense of the interests of the nation, preventing that never any enemy try to snatch to us ours you territorial inherit.