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A fourth branch of the armed forces, known as the Carabinieri , take on the role as the nation's military police and are also involved in missions and operations abroad as a combat force.
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Despite not being a branch of the armed forces, the Guardia di Finanza is organized along military lines. According to article 78, the Parliament has the authority to declare a state of war and vest the powers to lead the war in the Government. The office of the Chief of Defence is organised as follows: [ 9 ]. The ground force of Italy, the Regio Esercito dates back to the unification of Italy in the s and s.
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union , it has seen extensive peacekeeping service in Lebanon , Afghanistan , and Iraq.
On 29 July it became a professional all-volunteer force when conscription was finally ended. The navy of Italy was created in , following the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy , as the Regia Marina. It is a blue-water navy. The Guardia Costiera Coast Guard is a component of the navy. During the s, it was involved in its first military operations in Ethiopia in , and later in the Spanish Civil War between and After the armistice of 8 September , Italy was divided into two sides, and the same fate befell the Regia Aeronautica.
When Italy was made a republic by referendum, the air force was given its current name Aeronautica Militare. The Arma dei Carabinieri is the gendarmerie and military police of Italy. The corps was instituted in by King Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy with the aim of providing the Kingdom of Sardinia with a police corps; it is therefore older than Italy itself.
The new force was divided into divisions on the scale of one division for each province of Italy. The divisions were further divided into companies and subdivided into lieutenancies, which commanded and coordinated the local police stations and were distributed throughout the national territory in direct contact with the public. The Italian unification saw the number of divisions increased, and in the Carabinieri were appointed the "First Force" of the new national military organization.
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In recent years Carabinieri became the fourth branch of Italian Armed Forces. Primarily they carry out law enforcement , military policing duties and peacekeeping mission abroad, such as Kosovo , Afghanistan , and Iraq. At the Sea Islands Conference of the G8 in , the Carabinieri were given the mandate to establish a Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units CoESPU to spearhead the development of training and doctrinal standards for civilian police units attached to international peacekeeping missions.
Italy also participated in the —91 Gulf War , with the deployment of eight Panavia Tornado IDS bomber jets; Italian Army troops were subsequently deployed to assist Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq following the conflict. As part of Operation Enduring Freedom , Italy contributed to the international operation in Afghanistan. Italy has sent 3, troops, including one infantry company from the 2nd Alpini Regiment tasked to protect the ISAF HQ, one engineer company, one NBC platoon, one logistic unit, as well as liaison and staff elements integrated into the operation chain of command.
Italian forces also command a multinational engineer task force and have deployed a platoon of Carabinieri military police. The Italian Army did not take part in combat operations of the Iraq War , dispatching troops only when major combat operations were declared over by the U. President George W. Subsequently, Italian troops arrived in the late summer of , and began patrolling Nasiriyah and the surrounding area.
Italian participation in the military operations in Iraq was concluded by the end of , with full withdrawal of Italian military personnel except for a small group of about 30 soldiers engaged in providing security for the Italian embassy in Baghdad. Italy played a major role in the — NATO Training Mission to assist in the development of Iraqi security forces training structures and institutions.
Since the second post-war the Italian armed force has become more and more engaged in international peace support operations, mainly under the auspices of the United Nations.
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