The " San Marco " Marine Brigade ( Italian : Brigata Marina "San Marco" ) is an amphibious formation of the Italian Navy , has been brigade since 2013 but the amphibious corps existed since 1915, reorganizing the Navy Landing Force. It has its command in Brindisi . They are the marines of the Italian Navy.
5-612: It is a joint formation, framed within the amphibious projection force, whose commander is the same admiral who serves as commander of the San Marco Brigade. On January 26, the Regiment "La Marina" of the Kingdom of Sardinia (established in 1717) was expanded, becoming the Brigata di Marina: to the already existing regiment of sailors, was also added an infantry regiment. With this distribution,
10-730: Is commanded by an Admiral , reporting directly to the Commander in Chief of the Italian Navy Fleet Command (CINCNAV). The brigade is organized as follows: The San Marco Marine Brigade and the Navy's 3rd Naval Division form together with the Italian Army 's Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli" the Italian military 's National Sea Projection Capability ( Forza di proiezione dal mare ). The brigade
15-714: The San Marco Battalion later became the San Marco Regiment in the 1990s. A joint Italian-Spanish landing force ( SILF - Spanish Italian Landing Force ) was established on 23 November 1996, in order to operate in international combat theaters on behalf of NATO . The SILF was structured in the form of an amphibious brigade, consisting of two manoeuvre units, one being " San Marco " Regiment, of marine infantry, artillery, anti-armour and air defense weapons, reconnaissance and demolition, engineers, helicopters and air support, IFVs and assault vehicles. On 1 October 1999,
20-700: The Landing Force of the Navy was created, under the command of a Rear Admiral , stationed in Brindisi Naval Base and formed in two regiments: the "San Marco" Regiment and the "Carlotto" Regiment, both controlled by a Captain , and the Landing Craft Group, commanded by a Commander . The Landing Force was renamed from 1 March 2013 as " San Marco " Marine Brigade, still being based in Brindisi, but consisting of three regiments, totalling about 3,800 marines. It
25-630: The formation participated in the 1848 at the First Italian War of Independence , distinguishing itself in the battles of Novara , Goito , Pastrengo , and Peschiera , and later was dissolved. Recognized as a Regiment in the 1861 in the Italian Royal Navy , it joined the battle of Lissa and then it was dissolved again in the 1878, following the will of the Italian Admiral Benedetto Brin . The formation previously known as
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