26/10/23  |  Seaside
Nave Magnaghi moored in La Spezia after an activity lasting 150 days
​On 18 October, the Admiral Magnaghi returned to the port of La Spezia, concluding the 2023 hydro-oceanographic campaign. This campaign saw the three units overall...
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25/10/23  |  Seaside
Exercise Breeze 2023
The "BREEZE" exercise, now in its 27th edition, is a "maritime-focused" tactical training event with multinational participation, planned and carried out annually in...
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25/10/23  |  Seaside
Visit by Admiral Keith Davids Commander of Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC)
In recent days, the commander of the United States Navy Special Forces (US Naval Special Warfare Command - NSWC), Admiral Keith B. Davids, went to the...
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24/10/23  |  Seaside
Lamp ceremony for the Red Cross Nurses at the Naval Academy
Saturday 21 October 2023, on the occasion of the 115th anniversary of the foundation of the body of Volunteer Nurses of the Italian Red Cross, the Naval Academy, for the first time in...
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24/10/23  |  Seaside
121 new graduates among the marshals of the Non-Commissioned Officers School of Taranto
​On 18 October, with the award ceremony of the three-year degree diplomas in Science and Management of Maritime Activities and Informatics and Digital Communication,...
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23/10/23  |  Seaside
Brazilian soldiers embark aboard the Vespucci ship
In the crossing from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro, 10 Brazilian soldiers, of different ranks and categories, had the experience of sailing the seas on board the Vespucci ship. The...
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23/10/23  |  Seaside
Palinuro training ship visits the port of Taranto
The Palinuro training ship departs from Taranto, after having made a logistical stop, in the post-2023 campaign period. Arriving on the evening of 16 October at the Marine Naval Station...
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18/10/23  |  Seaside
The Steadfast Jupiter 2023 is underway
The Italian Maritime Forces Command (COMITMARFOR) kicks off the CAX/CPX (Computer Assisted Exercise/Command Post Exercise) phase of the Steadfast Jupiter 2023 exercise in...
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17/10/23  |  Seaside
The Navy at the 29th edition of the European underwater activities exhibition
The Navy, represented by Comsubin raiders and divers, participated in the 29th edition of Eudi...
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17/10/23  |  Seaside
Italian and Albanian divers work together to monitor underwater pipelines
On 12 and 13 October, Nave Chioggia was engaged in bottom survey activities in...
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16/10/23  |  Seaside
Navy instructors with MOST sea-riders train NATO ships
The consolidated cooperation between the command of the mine countermeasure forces (MARICODRAG) and the mine countermeasure...
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16/10/23  |  Seaside
The installation of Nave Trieste continues at the Arsenale Triestino “San Marco”
On the morning of Monday 02 October 2023, after approximately four days of navigation, Nave Trieste entered the...
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13/10/23  |  Seaside
OMS: change of tactical command at sea, Admiral Manganaro takes over from Admiral Costantino
New rotation at sea tactical command of Operation Safe Mediterranean. On board the amphibious ship San Giusto,...
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13/10/23  |  Seaside
Greetings to Nave Vesuvio and Nave Bormida in La Spezia
Last October 11, 2023, the last ceremony of...
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12/10/23  |  Seaside
The Navy in collaboration with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Last autumn, the Stromboli volcano produced a pyroclastic flow and a subsequent lava flow which...
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12/10/23  |  Seaside
The journey begins for 6 new officers of the San Marco marine brigade
Thursday 05 October 2023 took place at the Piazza d'Armi of the Castello Svevo in Brindisi, headquarters of the command of the...
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12/10/23  |  Seaside
The 1st volunteer course is ready for use on board the units of the naval team
At the end of the basic specialist professional training period, which began on 19 June 2023, the Volunteers in...
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10/10/23  |  Seaside
The 5+5 Marines train in Augusta
From 18 to 25 September, the exercise called Seaborder took place in Augusta, organized since 2008 on a regular basis...
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10/10/23  |  Seaside
4th Naval Aviation Meeting in Maristaer Grottaglie
​​​On 5 October 2023, the 4th Naval Aviation meeting took place at the Grottaglie Aircraft Station...
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09/10/23  |  Seaside
GALAPEX-II 2023 exercise concluded
The multinational high seas police exercise to control unreported illegal fishing has concluded and...
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Tribute (due) to the 80th "Roma" infantry who takes leave with honor

Well, yes, we are now used to witnessing the closure of the barracks and perhaps even a little to burying the long history of the departments, a phenomenon which however does not erase the memories. It also touched...

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"Il Signor Parolini" (ninth part)

The baked chicken, as expected, had lived up to its reputation, consolidating, where needed, the undisputed culinary mastery of Gastone, chief ...

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Backchannels and fireworks: US mediation behind Iranian retaliation on Israel?
As announced by the Iranian regime, the announced retaliation for the (unannounced) attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus on 1 April 2024 which led to the death of...
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Letters to Defense Online: "Carabinieri and sinking of the Garibaldi"
Mine is not meant to be a sterile controversy but after more than thirty years of wearing the uniform I consider it a "fair" controversy. Decisions regarding the size and composition of forces...
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