Armed Forces of Istalia

The Armed Forces of the Istalian Republic (Istalian: Forze Armate della Repubblica Istaliana) are the ensemble of the militar branches of the Istalian Republic, entrust to defend the nation and to respond to the exigence of the projection capabilities of the Istalian Forces. The Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces is the President of the Istalian Republic. The Ministry of Defense is responsible for the administrative and operational leadership of the armed forces. The Chief of Defence Staff is responsible for the day-to-day military management of the armed forces. Also if the National Gendarmerie of the Republic is one of the Armed Forces, it has also police functions, and for this it depends both by the Minister of Defence and by the Minister of Internal Affairs, while to the top of the Armed Force there is a General Commander (Istalian: Comandante Generale della Gendarmeria Nazionale).