Association of Italian Knights of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Military auxiliary services
### Military auxiliary services

Among its first initiatives, the association stipulated a series of agreements with the then  which led to the formation of the [Military Corps of the SMOM](/wiki/Military_Corps_of_the_Sovereign_Military_Hospitaller_Order_of_Saint_John_of_Jerusalem_of_Rhodes_and_of_Malta "Military Corps of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta") that joined the [Royal Italian Army](/wiki/Royal_Italian_Army "Royal Italian Army") to provide services in case of conflict or natural disasters .

The Corps operated in the [Italo\-Turkish war](/wiki/Italo-Turkish_war "Italo-Turkish war") and in the two [world wars](/wiki/World_wars "World wars"), as a "special military body and [auxiliary](/wiki/Auxiliaries "Auxiliaries") of the Italian Army". The Corps provides support with a [field hospital](/wiki/Field_hospital "Field hospital") and two [SMOM hospital trains](/wiki/Hospital_train%23The_Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta "Hospital train#The Sovereign Military Order of Malta"), operating both in peacekeeping missions alongside the military and in the national territory on the occasion of disasters and natural disasters.

In 1940, the Military Corps was joined by the [Corps of Volunteer Nurses of the ACISMOM](/wiki/Corps_of_Volunteer_Nurses_of_the_ACISMOM "Corps of Volunteer Nurses of the ACISMOM"), consisting of a Director and 40 nurses, ladies of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.


How did the Corps of Volunteer Nurses of the ACISMOM contribute to the Military Corps?