The Medical and Veterinary Military School is located in Rome Cecchignola, at the "Artale" Barracks.
At its dependencies there is a training battalion that provided training and functional activities.
The School organizes courses for the training, the qualification and the specialization of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, Cadet Marshals and Cadet Sergeants, Volunteers in permanent service and in fixed conscription of all the Corps of the Italian Army.
The School guards the War Flag of the Corps, decorated with a Golden Medal, three Silver Medals and a Bronze Medal to the Military Valour; a Silver Medal and two Bronze Medals to the Army Valour; a Golden Cross, a Silver Cross and a Bronze Cross to the Army Merit; a Golden Medal and a Silver Medal to the Merit; two Golden Medals to the Merit of the Public Health.
Like for all the units of the Corps, the celebration of the School is on 4th June that is the anniversary of the Corps constitution (1833).