Azores_Military_Zone
Azores Military Zone
Military unit
The Azores Military Zone (Portuguese: Zona Militar dos Açores) or ZMA, headquartered in Ponta Delgada, is the Portuguese Army's command responsible for the readying, the training and the operational command of the ground forces stationed in the archipelago of the Azores.
Until 2006, the ZMA was considered a territorial command. Presently, it is an element of the operational component of the system of forces of the Portuguese Army.
The ZMA is commanded by a brigadier-general, administratively dependent on the Army's Land Forces Command, but operationally dependent on the joint Azores Operational Command.