The Spanish Armed Forces have a number of mottoes that show the spirit and virtues of the units that form them.
The motto of the Armed Forces, common yet unofficial, is Todo por la patria (Spanish for "Everything for the Motherland").
Notice that it is not required that the units listed here keep active, only their belonging to the Spanish Armed Forces. All mottoes are in Spanish if not specified otherwise.
Estado Mayor de la Defensa (EMAD) (Military Joint Staff) Operations Command (MOPS): Custodiae pacis – we are the custodians of peace (Latin) Joint Cyberdefence Command (MCCD): Lealtad y Constancia – Ingenio y Destreza – Loyalty and Constancy – Ingenuity and Skill Military Emegencies Unit (UME): Perseverando para servir – Persevering to serve Royal Guard (GR): Al servicio de la Corona – In the service of the Crown “Plus Ultra” Squadron: Valor, honor, lealtad – Valor, honor, loyalty
Spanish Navy
Maritime Action Forces (FAN) 1st Naval Action Group Patiño (A-14): Non veni ministrari sed ministrare – Do not aspire to be served, but to serve (Latin) 31st Scout Squadron Asturias (F-74): Hoc signo vincitur inimicus – With this emblem the enemy is defeated (Latin) Álvaro de Bazán (F-101): Rey servido y patria honrada - King served and homeland honored Blas de Lezo (F-103): Ornatus mei arma sunt requies mea pugnare – My harnesses are my weapons, fight is my rest (Latin) 41st Scout Squadron Santa María (F-81): Descubrir o morir en la demanda - To discover or to die in the try Victoria (F-82): Primus circumdedisti me – You were the first to circumnavigate me (referencing Juan Sebastián Elcano) (Latin) Numancia (F-83): Entusiasmo, valor, decisión - Enthusiasm, courage, decision Navarra (F-85): Ex hostibus et in hostes – From the enemy and to the enemy (Latin) Canarias (F-86): Siempre dispuesta - Always ready 2nd Naval Action Group Príncipe de Asturias (R-11): Hoc signo vincitur inimicus - With this emblem the enemy is defeated (Latin) CTA PA Príncipe de Asturias (Air Traffic Control?): Siempre vigilantes - Always on the watch Maritime Action Forces (FAM) Juan Sebastián Elcano (A-71): Primus circumdedisti me – You were the first to circumnavigate me (referencing Juan Sebastián Elcano) (Latin) Mar Caribe (A-101): Tu regere imperio fluctus Hispania memento – Remember, Spain, that you ruled the empire of the seas (Latin) Alerta (A-111): Quisquam in quo confidere - Trust nobody? Meteoro (P-41): Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit -To boldly go where no man has gone before (Latin) Rayo (P-42): Fulgura iecit et conturbavit eos – And threw to them a thunderbolt (Latin) Atalaya (P-74): Dispositio et provideo – I dispose and provide (Latin) Spanish Navy Marines: Valientes por tierra y por mar - Bravery in land and in the sea Navy Tercio (TEAR): Valientes por tierra y por mar - Bravery in land and in the sea 1st Landing Battalion (BD-I): Quia nominor leo – Because my name is lion (Latin) Navy Protection Forces (FUPRO): Por tierra y por mar - By land and sea Fuerza de Guerra Naval Especial (FGNE): Serenitas et audacia – Serenity and courage (Latin) Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (UOE): En la UOE no entra quien quiere, sino quien puede, somos especiales - In the UOE doesn't enter who wants, but who cans, we're special Naval Aircraft Flotilla (FLOAN) 1st Squadron: A todos enseñé a volar - I taught everybody how to fly 3rd Squadron: In maribus serviam – In the sea we serve (Latin) 4th Squadron: Omnia vincula disrumpam – All the bonds broken (Latin) 5th Squadron: No hay quinta mala - There is not a bad fifth 8th Squadron: Per aspera ad astra – Through hardships to the stars (Latin) 9th Squadron: Supra mare et terram – Over land and sea (Latin) 10th Squadron: Nos ad nostrum - Us to ours (Latin) Rescue Swimmers: Vivo o muerto, te vienes con nosotros - Dead or alive, you come with us Submarine Flotilla (FLOSUB): Ad utrumque paratus – Ready for either alternative (Latin) Personnel Command (JEPER): Valor gentium – The valor of the people (Latin)