COMALP

COMALP

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Comando Truppe Alpine


caption= Coat of Arms of the Alpine Troops Command
dates= 1997 - today
country= Italy
branch= Italian Army
type= Alpini
role= Corps Command
size= 2 Brigades
command_structure= COMFOTER - Terrestrial Operational Forces Command
garrison= Bolzano (BZ)
battles=War in Afghanistan
command structure
name= Subordinate Units
subordinate=Alpine Brigade Julia
Alpine Brigade Taurinense
Support Units
The “Comando Truppe Alpine” (Alpine Troops Command) or COMALP commands the Mountain Troops of the Italian Army, called "Alpines" - in Italian "Alpini" - and various support and training units. The Alpinis are light Infantry units specializing in Mountain Combat. The COMALP is the successor of the Italian Army's IV Alpine Army Corps. The subordinate units of the COMALP distinguished themselves during combat in World War I and World War II. Today the Command is located in the northern Italian City of Bolzano and consists of the following units:

*
* (Piedmont)
* (Friuli)
* )
*
*
* Alpine Troops Command Support Battalion in Bolzano

For operational needs the COMALP can draw troops from the following support units located in the same region as the Command itself:
*
* in Bolzano
*
* " in Bolzano
* 7th Carabinieri Regiment "Trentino-Alto Adige" in Laives

Today the Alpine Commands main duty is the organization, preparation and conduction of Italy's contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Since the beginning of the ongoing war in Afghanistan the Alpine commands has provided and commanded at all times at least one of the two Italian battlegroups in the theater of operation.

External links

* [http://www.truppealpine.eu/ COMALP- Alpine Troops Command]


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