Marshal (Italy)
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The Italian military rank of maresciallo (Marshal
Marshal
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) is classified as "sub-officer
Sub-Officer
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" and is only the higher rank of non-commissioned officers in Italian Armed Forces, higher than the rank of Sergeant
Sergeant
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 but lower than ensign
Ensign
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/second lieutenant
Second Lieutenant
Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces.- United Kingdom and Commonwealth :The rank second lieutenant was introduced throughout the British Army in 1871 to replace the rank of ensign , although it had long been used in the Royal Artillery, Royal...

: there are from three to five positions inside the rank, according to the different branches of armed forces. The rank is achieved through merit or attending the Scuola Allievi Marescialli (School Student Marshals). 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.

Italian military

In the Italian army
Italian Army
The Italian Army is the ground defence force of the Italian Armed Forces. It is all-volunteer force of active-duty personnel, numbering 108,355 in 2010. Its best-known combat vehicles are the Dardo infantry fighting vehicle, the Centauro tank destroyer and the Ariete tank, and among its aircraft...

 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):
  • maresciallo - marshal
  • maresciallo ordinario - ordinary marshal
  • maresciallo capo - chief marshal
  • primo maresciallo (before 2001 maresciallo aiutante) first marshal (until 2001 adjutant marshal)
  • primo maresciallo luogotenente - first marshal lieutenant (qualification instituted in 2001)


In the Italian navy
Italian Navy
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 the role of marshals is covered from the degrees and the qualifications of:
  • capo di terza classe - chief third class
  • capo di seconda classe - chief second class
  • capo di prima classe - chief first class
  • primo maresciallo - first marshal (degree instituted in 2001[1])
  • primo maresciallo luogotenente - first marshal lieutenant (qualification instituted in 2001)


In the Italian Air Force
Italian Air Force
The Italian Air Force has gone under different names in different periods:*Regia Aeronautica , from 1923 to June 1946*Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, the air force of Italian Social Republic during World War II...

 the role marshals is covered from the degrees and the qualifications of:
  • maresciallo di terza classe - marshal third class
  • maresciallo di seconda classe - marshal second class
  • maresciallo di prima classe - marshal first class
  • primo maresciallo - first marshal (until 2001[1] adjuvant marshal)
  • primo maresciallo luogotenente - first marshal lieutenant(qualification instituted in 2001)

Italian police

The military forces Carabinieri
Carabinieri
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 and Guardia di Finanza
Guardia di Finanza
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, the marshals are called inspector
Inspector
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s and are distinguished from that supervisors, and were once part of the category of the non-commissioned officers. they resemble Italian army ranks.
  • maresciallo - marshal
  • maresciallo ordinario - ordinary marshal
  • maresciallo capo - chief marshal
  • primo maresciallo (before 2001 maresciallo aiutante) first marshal (until 2001 adjutant marshal)
  • primo maresciallo luogotenente - first marshal lieutenant (qualification instituted in 2001)


Aadjutant marshal retains the qualification of Official Substitute of Public Safety, and the qualification of lieutenant is not meaningfully a rank, is attributed from 2001.

See also

  • Marshal of Italy
    Marshal of Italy
    Marshal of Italy was a rank in the Italian Royal Army . 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...

  • First Marshal of the Empire
    First Marshal of the Empire
    First marshal of the empire was a military rank established by the Italian Parliament on March 30, 1938. The highest rank in the Italian Military, it was only granted to Benito Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III...

  • Italian Army Ranks
    Italian Army Ranks
    This chart represents the Italian Army rank insignia used on the slip-on of winter service uniforms. The color of the uniforms is khaki.Officers who are assigned to a position acting in a higher rank than their own wear the insignia of the higher rank but the highest star of the insignia is trimmed...

  • Italian Navy ranks
    Italian Navy ranks
    The rank insignia of the Italian Navy are worn on epaulettes of shirts and white jackets, and on sleeves for navy jackets and mantels.-Rank structure:...

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