The modern era for the Honduran Army begins with the introduction of changes in the militia system during the 1940s and 1950s. With the assistance of the United States, the First Infantry Battalion is created in 1947, like an infantry unit. traditional, and later in the 1950s, the 2nd Infantry Battalion, as a counterinsurgency unit.
During the 1960s and 1970s, the number of combat units in the Army was dramatically expanded, and during this period the most important changes occurred in the organization of the ground forces.
By 1970, the Army had grown to three Infantry Battalions, an Engineer Battalion, and an Artillery Battalion, which had been created immediately after the 1969 conflict with El Salvador.
By the end of the 1970s, the number of infantry battalions had increased to ten, and there was a Signal Corps, which would become the 1st. Communications Battalion.
By 1983, the Army had 13,500 troops, distributed as follows: three brigades, each made up of two infantry battalions and one artillery battalion. In addition, there were six independent infantry battalions ranging in size from 400 to 1,000 men.
Two of the infantry battalions formed the Presidential Honor Guard, which was based in Tegucigalpa and under the personal command of the president. There was also an engineer battalion, an Armored Cavalry regiment, and a Special Forces unit.
The Army continued to grow in size and strength and complexity in the 1980s, reaching 15,400 troops in 1989. Beginning in 1990, due to severe reductions in the government's military budget, the Army began to reduce its strength, decreasing to 14,500 in 1991 and then to 14,000 in 1993.
 Today, the Army is divided into Brigades, Battalions, Platoons and Squads, placed in columns as in ancient Roman campaigns. With the use of the firearm, the infantrymen were arranged in front of the enemy, then the first row was the one that fired first, followed by the second, third and so on.
One of the first rifles used was the single-load Remington, another was the M1 Garand. Later, everything changed with the use of the surprise attack used by the Germans in World War II and using automatic and sub-automatic weapons.
The Honduran Army constitutes a fundamental pillar in the democracy and development of the nation, forging in its crucibles men and women willing to offer their lives in the fulfilment of their various assigned missions.

Ref: ffaa.mil.hn