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Line 1: {{refimprove\|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox military unit \| unit_name =Operational Land Forces ~~Command - Army Operational~~ Command \| native_name =Comando Forze Operative Terrestri ~~- Comando Operativo Esercito~~ \| image =File:Distintivo del Comando Forze Operative Terrestri e Centro Operativo Esercito.png \| image_size =150px \| alt = \| caption =Coat of arms of the Operational Land Forces Command \| dates = 1 October 1997 - 30 September 2016 (Operational Land Forces Command)<br>1 October 2016 - present (Operational Land Forces ~~Command - Army Operational~~ Command) \| disbanded = \| country ={{ITA}} Line 88: }} '''Operational Land Forces ~~Command - Army Operational~~ Command''' ({{lang-it\|Comando delle Forze Operative Terrestri ~~- Comando Operativo Esercito~~}}, COMFOTER ~~- COE~~) is the [[Italian Army]]'s major command tasked with the operational and administrative control of most of its combat forces. COMFOTER ~~- COE~~ reports directly to the [[Chief of Staff of the Italian Army]]. The command is based in [[Rome]]. == History == The Operational Land Forces ~~Command - Army Operational~~ Command traces its origins back to the Operational Land Forces Command established in 1997. === 1997 - 2016: Operational Land Forces Command === Line 115: The headquarters of COMFOTER in [[Verona]] was [[Carli Palace of Verona\|Carli Palace]], even if the command department is located at the Dalla Bona barracks of [[Verona]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Comando delle Forze Operative Terrestri La Storia\|url=http://www.esercito.difesa.it/Organizzazione/Organizzazione%20Centrale/Comando%20delle%20Forze%20Operative%20Terrestri\|website=esercito.difesa.it\|access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> === 2016 - present: Operational Land Forces ~~Command - Army Operational~~ Command === The Operational Land Forces ~~Command - Army Operational~~ Command was established on 1 October 2016, after the splitting of the Operational Land Forces Command in the Operational Land Forces ~~Command - Army Operational~~ Command (COMFOTER ~~- COE~~) itself and in the [[Operational Land Forces Support Command]].<ref name="COMFOTERCOEEI">{{cite web \|title=Comando delle Forze Operative Terrestri e Comando Operativo Esercito - Esercito Italiano \|url=http://www.esercito.difesa.it/organizzazione/capo-di-sme/COMFOTER-COE \|website=www.esercito.difesa.it \|publisher=Esercito Italiano \|access-date=27 July 2020 \|language=it}}</ref><ref name="Paola Casoli 3 Oct 16">{{cite news \|last1=Casoli \|first1=Paola \|title=COMFOTER: cambio comando, al gen Primicerj subentra il collega Sperotto. E il COMFOTER si trasforma in comando di supporto \|url=https://www.paolacasoli.com/2016/10/comfoter-cambio-comando-al-gen-primicerj-subentra-collega-sperotto-comfoter-si-trasforma-comando-supporto/ \|access-date=27 July 2020 \|work=Paola Casoli Blog \|date=3 October 2016 \|language=it-IT}}</ref> The 2013 Revision Plan of the Ground Military Instrument of the Army Staff gave to the Operational Land Forces Support Command (COMFOTER SPT), to the Operational Forces Command - North (COMFOP NORD), to the Operational Forces Command - South (COMFOP SUD) and to the Alpine Troops Command (COMTA) a chain of command independent from the COMFOTER, while maintaining the newly established COMFOTER COE directly under the [[Chief of Staff of the Italian Army]].<ref name="AnDif 12 May 17">{{cite web \|last1=Scarpitta \|first1=Alberto \|title=Il Comando Forze Operative Nord – Analisi Difesa \|url=https://www.analisidifesa.it/2017/05/il-comando-forze-operative-nord/ \|publisher=Analisi Difesa \|access-date=27 July 2020 \|language=it-IT \|date=12 May 2017}}</ref> In May 2023 the two deployable division commands [[Division "Acqui"\|"Acqui"]] and [[Division "Vittorio Veneto"\|"Vittorio Veneto"]], as well as the Army Simulation and Validation Center were assigned to the Operational Land Forces Command and Army Operational Command.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Comando Operativo delle Forze Terrestri \|url=https://www.esercito.difesa.it/organizzazione/capo-di-sme/COMFOTER \|publisher=Italian Army \|access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref> On 1 July 2023 the Capital Military Command was merged into the Operational Land Forces Command and Army Operational Command, which on the same date changed its name to Operational Land Forces Command.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Cambio al vertice del COMFOTER \|url=https://www.esercito.difesa.it/comunicazione/Pagine/Cambio-al-vertice-del-COMFOTER-COE.aspx \|publisher=Italian Army \|access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref> === List of commanders === Line 132 ⟶ 134: * [[Lieutenant general\|Gen. C.A.]] Alberto Primicerj (2014 - 2016)<ref name="Paola Casoli 3 Oct 16" /> As of 2020, the Operational Land Forces ~~Command - Army Operational~~ Command has had two commanders:<ref name="COMFOTER COE Comandanti">{{cite web \|title=I Comandanti - Esercito Italiano \|url=http://www.esercito.difesa.it/organizzazione/capo-di-sme/COMFOTER-COE/Pagine/I-Comandanti.aspx \|website=www.esercito.difesa.it \|publisher=Esercito Italiano \|access-date=28 July 2020 \|language=it}}</ref> * [[Lieutenant general\|Gen. C.A.]] Riccardo Marchiò /2017 - 2018) * [[Lieutenant general\|Gen. C.A.]] Federico Bonato (2018 - present) == Mission == The Operational Land Forces ~~Command - Army Operational~~ Command plans, organizes and conducts the delegated operations by delegation of the [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)\|Chief of the Defence Staff]] or the Deputy Commander of the Joint Operational Command (VCOM OPS).<ref name="COMFOTERCOE Compito">{{cite web \|title=Comando delle Forze Operative Terrestri e Comando Operativo Esercito - Il Compito - Esercito Italiano \|url=http://www.esercito.difesa.it/organizzazione/capo-di-sme/COMFOTER-COE/Pagine/Il-Compito.aspx \|website=www.esercito.difesa.it \|publisher=Esercito Italiano \|access-date=28 July 2020 \|language=it}}</ref> The Command constitutes the ground-based component command of the Deputy Commander of the Joint Operational Command for the planning, organization, conduct and support of operations that do not require a deployed land component command or plan, organize and monitor the phases that precede the deployment 1of an land component command in readiness.<ref name="COMFOTERCOE Compito" /> Line 146 ⟶ 148: The Commander of the Operational Land Forces Command controls both units and commands and a direct-collaboration military apparatus. === Operational Land Forces ~~Command - Army Operational~~ Command === The Operational Land Forces ~~Command - Army Operational~~ Command is subdivided in some subordinate bodies:<ref name="MINDIFESME">{{cite web \|title=Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito\|url=https://www.difesa.it/Protocollo/AOO_Difesa/Esercito/Pagine/E0012000.aspx \|website=www.difesa.it \|publisher=Ministero della Difesa \|access-date=31 July 2020 \|language=it-IT}}</ref><ref name="ManualeSME2018">{{cite book \|title=Manuale di gestione del servizio per la tenuta del protocollo del protocollo informatico e la gestione dei flussi documentali e degli archivi dell'area organizzativa omogenea "Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito" \|date=2018 \|publisher=Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito \|pages=D1–D2 \|url=https://www.difesa.it/Protocollo/AOO_Difesa/Esercito/Documents/E0012000_MdG_2018.pdf \|access-date=31 July 2020 \|language=it}}</ref> * Commander's Secretariat; * Planning, Programming and Budget Section; * COMFOTER COE General Staff; COMFOTER COE General Staff Office COMFOTER COE Chief of General Staff's Office Operations General Staff; * Operations General Staff Secretariat * Plans Office Line 165 ⟶ 168: * Preparation Office * Simulation and Training Technologies Office Commander COMFOTER Territorial Areas * [[File:Distintivo dell'Istituto Geografico Militare.png\|25px]] Military Geographical Institute, in [[Florence]], ([[Tuscany]]) * [[File:Distintivo comandi militari Esercito italiano.png\|25px]] Army Military Command "Sardegna", in [[Cagliari]], covering the island of [[Sardinia]] ** [[File:CoA mil ITA rgt carri 001.png\|25px]] [[1st Armored Regiment (Italy)\|1st Armored Regiment]], in [[Teulada, Sardinia\|Capo Teulada]] (Sardinia) managing the Capo Teulada Training Area * Military Penitentiary Organization Command, in [[Santa Maria Capua Vetere]] ([[Campania]]) * [[Italian Army Music Band]], in Rome (Lazio) * [[Bersaglieri]] History Museum, in Rome (Lazio) *** Logistic Support Unit "Monte Romano", in Monte Romano (Lazio) === Organization 2023 === [[File:Italian Army - Operational Land Forces Command organization 2022.png\|thumb\|right\|360px\|Operational Land Forces Command organization 2022 (click to enlarge)]] As of ~~May~~1 July 2023 the Operational Land Forces ~~Command - Army Operational~~ Command controls the following major subordinate commands:<ref name="COMFOTERCOEEI" /> * [[File:Distintivo del Comando Forze Operative Terrestri e Centro Operativo Esercito.png\|30px]] '''Operational Land Forces ~~Command and Army Operational~~ Command''', in [[Rome]] [[File:Divisione Acqui 2017.png\|30px]] '''[[Division "Acqui"]]''', in [[Capua]] ([[Campania]]) [[File:Divisione Vittorio Veneto 2019.png\|30px]] '''[[Division "Vittorio Veneto"]]''', in [[Florence]] ([[Tuscany]])

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