Italian army

The Italian Army has recently become a professional all-volunteer force of some 112,000 active duty personnel, around 70% male, 30% female. A recent law promotes membership of the Italian Army guaranteing volunteers post-Army careers in the Carabinieri Corps, Italian State Police, Italian Finance Guard and Italian State Forestry Corps, amongst other state bodies. The headquarter of the Army General Staff is in Rome opposite to the Presidential Palace.

Command Structure

The Italian Military is under the command of the Italian Supreme Defense Council, presided by the President of the Italian Republic. The Italian Army is commanded by the SME or ?Stato Maggiore dell?Esercito? (Chief of the Army General Staff) in Rome.

Related Topics:
Military - President of the Italian Republic

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The Chief of staff has direct control of all support and logistics operations in Italy (i.e. military clinics, repair facilities, acquisitions,?), but no direct control of the operational forces, which are all assigned to and commanded by COMFOTER: ?Comando delle Forze Operative Terrestri? (Command of Operational Terrestrial Forces).

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