Today the 182 ° years of the Army Health Corps are celebrated

04/06/15

The denomination "Corps of Military Health" will however be taken only in 1845, when the structure is ordered on a Doctors and a Pharmacists role. The Corps follows the vicissitudes of the history of Italy, earning the appreciation of military and civilians in the hardest moments of national events.

By decree on October 17, 1920 he received the "Labaro" as a symbol of the Corps which, from May 4, 1940 took on the name of Military Health Service.

We will have to wait for the 1981 to replace the "Service" with the word "Body".

The 1997 reorganization of the logistics area of ​​the Armed Forces leading to the establishment of the Logistics Inspectorate cancels the command of the Corps on 20 April, which passes to the dependence of the head of the Health and Veterinary Department.

Since 1 January 1998, the personnel of the Corps have competed with the personnel of the former Veterinary Corps in the constitution of the Army Sanitary Corps.

Source: Army Majority Staff