The General Staff of the Army is the high command that defines the Armed Forces policies.
After the reform implemented by the law on the high military commands, the General Staff of the Army has scaled its structure, it has assigned any direct management tasks to the Inspectorates and it has assumed tasks of study, research, development and general policy of the Armed Forces.
At the dependencies of the Deputy Chief of General Staff there are the Office of the Deputy Chief of General Staff, the Administrative Office, the Special Operations Office, the OCS General Security Office, the Document Flows Office, the military Psychology and Psychiatry Office, the Directorship for the Central Coordination of the Vigilant Prevention and Protection Service, the Infrastructural Department and the five Departments of the General Staff of the Army, the General Security Office and the Spiritual Assistance Service. Moreover, there are the Olympic Sport Centre of the Army (5th Department) and the Army C4 Command (6th Department).
The General Staff of the Army is located in Rome, XX September street 123/A – 00187 Rome.