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Operational Land Forces Command

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Operational Land Forces Command - Army Operational Command (Template:Lang-it, 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.

Operational Land Forces Command - Army Operational Command
Comando Forze Operative Terrestri - Comando Operativo Esercito
Coat of arms of the Operational Land Forces Command
Active1 October 1997 - 30 September 2016 (Operational Land Forces Command)
1 October 2016 - present (Operational Land Forces Command - Army Operational Command)
Country Italy
Branch Italian Army
Part ofStaff of the Italian Army
Garrison/HQRome
Commanders
Current
commander		Gen. C.A. Federico Bonato

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

The Operational Land Forces Command (Template:Lang-it, COMFOTER) was established in Verona on 1 October 1997 following the reform of the military who attributed hierarchical supremacy of the Chief of the Defence Staff.
It brought together in a single organization all the units engaged in combat, combat support, combat service support and in communication and information systems, which together amounted to about 80% of the Italian Army. Initially it was part of the Allied Land Forces Southern Europe (LANDSOUTH), with whom he shared the headquarters of the command, which then broke away, when the Allied Land Forces Command in Southern Europe in 2004 was transferred to Madrid, and had four commands:

  • Supports Command;
  • Command of projection forces;
  • 1st Command of the Defence Forces;
  • 2nd Command of the Defence Forces;
  • Alpine troops Command.

Until 30 Semptember 2016, COMFOTER controlled

  • Division "Friuli"
  • 2nd Defence Forces Command
  • Alpine troops Command
  • Army Signals and Information Command
  • Army Air Force Command
  • NATO Rapid Deployable Corp - Italy
  • "Folgore" Paratroopers Brigade
  • Artillery Command
  • Anti-Aircraft Command
  • Engineering Command

The headquarters of COMFOTER in Verona was Carli Palace, even if the command department is located at the barracks Dalla Bona of Verona.[1]

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.[2][3]

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 maintaining the newly established COMFOTER COE directly under the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army.[4]

List of commanders

The Operational Land Forces Command had nine Commanders:

As of 2020, the Operational Land Forces Command - Army Operational Command has had two commanders:[5]

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 or the Deputy Commander of the Joint Operational Command (VCOM OPS).[6]

The Command constitutes the Land 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.[6]

For operational aspects, although the COMFOTER-COE no longer has direct responsibility for the various Maneuver Brigades, it remains responsible for elaborating guidelines for preparing and training the Commands and Units, supervising and generating the forces and contingent planning engaged in national and international missions and operations.[4]

Organization

Since 1 October 2016, the Operational Land Forces Command - Army Operational Command controls:

  •   Army Air Force Command;
  •   Army Air Force Brigade;
  •   Army Air Force Training Centre;
  • Army Air Force Support Command;
  •   Army Special Forces Command (COMFOSE);
  • Army Simulation and Validation Centre.

Notes

  1. ^ "Comando delle Forze Operative Terrestri La Storia". esercito.difesa.it. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Comando delle Forze Operative Terrestri e Comando Operativo Esercito - Esercito Italiano". www.esercito.difesa.it (in Italian). Esercito Italiano. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b Casoli, Paola (3 October 2016). "COMFOTER: cambio comando, al gen Primicerj subentra il collega Sperotto. E il COMFOTER si trasforma in comando di supporto". Paola Casoli Blog (in Italian). Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b Scarpitta, Alberto (12 May 2017). "Il Comando Forze Operative Nord – Analisi Difesa" (in Italian). Analisi Difesa. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. ^ "I Comandanti - Esercito Italiano". www.esercito.difesa.it (in Italian). Esercito Italiano. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Comando delle Forze Operative Terrestri e Comando Operativo Esercito - Il Compito - Esercito Italiano". www.esercito.difesa.it (in Italian). Esercito Italiano. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

"Official website". Archived from the original on 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2016-03-21.

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