Operational Land Forces Command


Operational Land Forces Command - Army Operational Command 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

The Operational Land Forces Command 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, 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:
Until 30 Semptember 2016, COMFOTER controlled
The headquarters of COMFOTER in Verona was Carli Palace, even if the command department is located at the Dalla Bona barracks of Verona.

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 itself and in the Operational Land Forces Support Command.
The 2013 Revision Plan of the Ground Military Instrument of the Army Staff gave to the Operational Land Forces Support Command, to the Operational Forces Command - North, to the Operational Forces Command - South and to the Alpine Troops Command 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.

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:
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.
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.
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.

Organization

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:
Since 1 October 2016, the Operational Land Forces Command - Army Operational Command controls three subordinate commands and units: