Marshal of Italy

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Marshal of Italy (Italian: Maresciallo d'Italia) was a rank in the Italian Royal Army (Regio Esercito). Originally created in 1924 by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini for the purpose of honoring Generals Luigi Cadorna and Armando Diaz, the rank was granted to several other general officers from 1926 to 1943. The rank was the highest in the Italian Army prior to the creation of the rank of First Marshal of the Empire in 1938. The rank of Marshal of Italy was abolished in 1946 with the creation of the Republic of Italy. The equivalent Naval rank was Grand Admiral, while the equivalent Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) rank was Marshal of the Air Force, all of them abolished for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Italy.[1]

Marshals of Italy:

[edit] Warrant Officers

Nowadays, the rank of Marshal is classified as "subofficial" and is only the higher rank of non-commissioned officers in Italian Armed Forces, higher than the rank of Sergeant but lower than ensign/second lieutenant: there are from three to five positions inside the rank, according to the different branches of armed forces. The rank is achieved through merit. The marshal is an intermediate rank of the Armed Forces with which, currently, that NCO' with formation and technical competence adapted are identified in order to carry out specialised executive roles, and to command smaller and technically complex units.

In the Italian army the marshal is a role pertaining to the category of non-commissioned officers. The marshals are divided as follows in (leaving from the inferior degree)[2]:

  • marshal
  • ordinary marshal
  • head marshal
  • first marshal (until 2001 adjutant marshal)
  • first lieutenant marshal (qualification instituted in 2001[1]).

In the Italian navy the role of marshals is covered from the degrees and the qualifications of:

  • head of third class
  • head of second class
  • head first class
  • first marshal (degree instituted in 2001[1])
  • first lieutenant marshal (qualification instituted in 2001[1]).

In the Italian Air Force the role marshals is covered from the degrees and the qualifications of:

  • marshal of third class
  • marshal of second class
  • marshal first class
  • first marshal (until 2001[1] adjuvant marshal)
  • first lieutenant marshal (qualification instituted in 2001[1]).

The Carabinieri and in the Finance Guards, the marshals are called inspectors and are distinguished from that supervisors, once part of the category of the non-commissioned officers, where the degrees of the first marshal and first lieutenant marshal and adjutant marshal (with the qualification of official substitute of public safety, for the single police officers) and Lieutenant adjutant marshal. The qualification of lieutenant is not meaningfully a rank, is attributed from 2001.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Page of the Italian Army (Esercito Italiano) home site - www.esercito.difesa.it.
  2. ^ ^ to b c d and f Decree legislative 28 February 2001, n. 82 - “integrating and corrective Dispositions of the 12 decree legislative May 1995, n. 196, in matter of I reorder of the roles, modification to the recruitment norms, state and advance of the not directive staff of the Armed Forces”.
  3. ^ Arm of the Police officers: decree legislative of 28 February 2001, n. 83 - “integrating and corrective Dispositions of the 12 decree legislative May 1995, n. 198, in matter of I reorder of the roles, modification to the recruitment norms, state and advance of the not directive and not managing staff of the Arm of the police officers.” Financial police: decree legislative of 28 February 2001, n. 67 - “integrating and corrective Dispositions of the 12 decree legislative May 1995, n. 199, in matter of new organization of the not directive and not managing staff of the Body of the Financial police”