Operational Land Forces Command: Difference between revisions

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* Anti-Aircraft Command

* Engineering Command

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|accessdateaccess-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 |accessdateaccess-date=27 July 2020 |language=Italianit}}</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/ |accessdateaccess-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 |accessdateaccess-date=27 July 2020 |language=it-IT |date=12 May 2017}}</ref>

=== List of commanders ===

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* [[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 |accessdateaccess-date=28 July 2020 |language=Italianit}}</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 |accessdateaccess-date=28 July 2020 |language=Italianit}}</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" />

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=== 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 |accessdateaccess-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 |accessdateaccess-date=31 July 2020 |language=Italianit}}</ref>

* Commander's Secretariat;

* Planning, Programming and Budget Section;