14/05/25  |  EARTH
The Chief of SME visits departments of excellence between technological innovation and operational training
This morning, the visit of the Army Chief of Staff, General of the Army Corps Carmine Masiello, took place at two regiments dependent on the command of the...
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14/05/25  |  EARTH
The Army at West Point Sandhurst
The international military competition called Sandhurst Military Competition 2025 concluded a few days ago at the United States Military Academy (USMA) in West...
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14/05/25  |  Missions
Bettica ship leaves Ghana after a short but intense and touching stop in Sekondi
The recent stopover of Nave Bettica in Sekondi was not only a moment of rest for the crew and logistical replenishment for the unit: thanks to the generous collaboration with...
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13/05/25  |  EARTH
Training for “non-specialized VFI” at Ariete
The training of approximately two hundred initial-term volunteers (VFI) who are not yet specialized, who arrived at the “Lancieri di Novara” regiment in Codroipo and the 132nd...
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13/05/25  |  Seaside
COMSUBIN: Combat Medicine Training Workshop
COMSUBIN – Three intense days characterized a training and educational workshop in Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) for personnel belonging to the Service...
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13/05/25  |  EARTH
Mountain training for Army paratroopers
The exercise “Aquila 5/2025” concluded at the training area of ​​San Giorgio di Brunico (BZ), which saw a platoon of the 186th paratrooper regiment “...
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13/05/25  |  Industry
Navantia and Leonardo announce MoU at FEINDEF 2025
Navantia and Leonardo join forces through a collaboration agreement to promote naval solutions in the Defense sector. The announcement was made during the Fair...
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13/05/25  |  Analysis
Tensions between Türkiye and Israel rise
From the hopes that arose from the fall of the Assad regime last December, Syria has once again plunged into a phase of crisis with no apparent way out. The clashes...
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13/05/25  |  EARTH
The Army celebrates for the Bersaglieri
The streets of Marsala, from May 8th to 11th, resounded with songs and music on the occasion of the 72nd national gathering...
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13/05/25  |  EARTH
The Army's Alpine troops are the protagonists at the 96th Alpine Rally
Over three hundred soldiers of the Army's Alpine troops opened the final parade of the 96th Rally today...
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13/05/25  |  Heaven
Brave Beduin 2025: Italian Air Force at NATO's Major CBRN Exercise
From May 4 to 8, the Italian Air Force participated in Brave Beduin 2025, a joint exercise and...
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12/05/25  |  Seaside
The Romeo Romei submarine returns to sea
At the end of an intense period of maintenance work at the Fincantieri Muggiano facilities, the...
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12/05/25  |  Military world
Pope Leo XIV's father served in the Navy during World War II
Louis Marius Prevost was born on July 28, 1920, in Chicago. After graduation, he was commissioned as an officer in November 1943 and...
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12/05/25  |  Space
US Space Operations Chief Highlights Growing Cooperation Between US and Italy
U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman spoke at the 8nd...
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12/05/25  |  EARTH
MAK P 100 at the “Nunziatella” Military School
The ceremony of the MakP100 of the 235th Regiment students took place in recent days at the “Nunziatella” Military School...
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12/05/25  |  Analysis
Leo XIV: The North American Choice of the Church between War and Strategic Balances
The election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as pope has surprised many international observers, but it is not a...
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12/05/25  |  Story
Swedish Fighters: The Saab 35 Draken
The Saab 35 Draken was a Swedish-made supersonic fighter developed during the Cold War. In addition to the...
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11/05/25  |  Military world
The military chaplain, a silent presence who does not parade but listens
Between a lieutenant giving orders and a sergeant shouting in the barracks, in Piazza d'Armi there was him: Don Franco, in...
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10/05/25  |  Sport
Italy once again protagonist at the Cism World Military Equestrian Championship
For the third consecutive edition, Italy "with the stars" was the undisputed protagonist of the 25th...
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09/05/25  |  EARTH
The Army celebrates its blue berets
This morning the Blue Berets celebrated the 74th anniversary of the establishment of the Army Aviation (...
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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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Pope Leo XIV: Divine Justice Served
Rome has its new Bishop; beyond the externals and the charm of centuries-old procedures that have attracted so many tourists to the churchyard of St. Peter, it would be more appropriate to take the viewpoint of...
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Letter to Difesa Online: "The European Army Remains a Mirage"
Dear Director, during my now forty-year military career I have often found myself working side by side with military personnel from other nations, NATO and otherwise, in high-level operational contexts and...
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