Comando interforze per le Operazioni delle Forze Speciali

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Coat of arms of the COFS

The Comando interforze per le Operazioni delle Forze Speciali (COFS) (German Armed Forces Command for Operations of Special Forces ) is a command of the Italian armed forces that plans and leads the operations of Italian special forces at the operational level. The COFS, created in 2004, is housed together with the operational command of the armed forces COI at the Rome-Centocelle military airfield .

Insinuation

The COFS reports directly to the Chief of Staff . It takes care of joint forces across to common policy tasks and, together with the COI to the operational command of all special units of the Italian armed forces. If necessary, it can integrate its mobile command unit ( Joint Special Operation Component Command - JSOCC) into international command posts or, in the case of international operations, take over the management of a Combined Joint Special Operations Component Command itself. In terms of troop service, the Italian special forces are normally subordinate to the respective branches of the armed forces (force providers) .

Italy's civil intelligence services report to the Italian Prime Minister . Since December 2015, the Prime Minister has had the right, after hearing the parliamentary committee to control the intelligence services, to order the use of special military forces in the context of intelligence operations if a crisis abroad affects the national security of Italy or if the protection of Italian citizens abroad is no different can be guaranteed. In these cases, the mission is usually carried out by the foreign intelligence service AISE , with the assigned special forces then being on an equal footing with the AISE employees.

Special forces

Special units (forze speciali) in the narrower sense are:

Special units

In contrast to the special units, there are also some special units with a slightly lower degree of specialization (forze per operazioni speciali) , which the COFS only partially takes care of. Within the following associations, these are the respective reconnaissance sub-units:

The 185th Long-Distance Regiment and the 4th Alpini Paratrooper Regiment were upgraded from special units to special units in 2018.

Support units

The special forces in particular are supported by special flying units from the various branches of the armed forces. This includes:

  • 3rd Army Aviation Regiment Aldebaran in Viterbo
  • a sub-unit of naval aviation in Luni
  • Parts of the 15 ° Stormo of Aeronautica Militare in Cervia , as well as parts of a helicopter squadron stationed in Grazzanise .

In the telecommunications sector, the 11th telecommunications regiment in Civitavecchia near Rome is assigned to the COFS .

Commanders

The commanders generally have the rank of major general or rear admiral . The Italian names for it are Generale di Divisione (Army), Ammiraglio di Divisione (Navy) or Generale di Divisione Aerea (Air Force).

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
6th Gene. DA Nicola Lanza de Cristoforis October 24, 2019
5 Gene. Div. Nicola Zanelli 06/27/2016 October 24, 2019
4th Amm. Div. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone 03/11/2014 06/27/2016
3 Gene. Div. Maurizio Fioravanti 10/10/2011 03/11/2014
2 Amm. Div. Donato Marzano 09/26/2008 October 09, 2011
1 Gene. Div. Marco Bertolini 12/01/2004 09/25/2008

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Forze Speciali: primo passo verso il potentiamento del comparto. October 28, 2018, accessed November 2, 2018 (Italian).
  2. ↑ a b Forze Speciali: cambio al vertice alla presenza del Gen. Vecciarelli. October 24, 2019, accessed November 19, 2019 (Italian).