This morning I set myself a problem by going to see the parade: what to tell? Certainly the images that I could have created could never compete with those of the Rai troops deployed as always in the service of the institutions (and the "tutors").
I could gather the comments of ordinary people but I already knew that every news would have done with the usual festival of banality.
So I decided to try to collect the thoughts, as sincere and spontaneous as possible (ie anonymous), among the fellow citizens in uniform who waited, with heavy uniforms and under an almost summery sun, to march in front of the country.
From the first "we were ordered not to talk to journalists", I understood that the microphone was too much.
So I walked for an hour without threatening technological tools to exchange a few bars between the various groups waiting to know simply who would have thought during the ceremony and elaborate an approximate statistic.
In the first place in the comments the two marrons have been imposed in India. Not an absolute majority, but significant and with variable intensity in feelings. We went from the blame for how the story is conducted to the disappointment (sometimes very deep) for the behavior of the military leadership.
The one about the two navy riflemen was a frequent response among the employees of the defense ministry (or together with the ministry of defense and interior ...) but - surprise! - rare among those who, despite wearing a uniform, are not real "military".
In second place are the fallen, the colleagues lost in operations, and the missing loved ones. This makes us understand the intimate sacredness that, beyond the ritual, represents the 2 June.
In third place there is pride for the uniform and membership of the armed forces / institutions of the state.
Genuine and effervescent the enthusiasm of the students of the various schools and academies present: the excitement for a journey that will see them at work, indeed "at the service of Italy", for the next 40 / 50 years brings to mind the energy of the twenty years we've all had.
The last small group repeated a "we have been ordered not to speak to journalists".
Sin. If you get used to being quiet for too long then, even when you are general or admiring them and you pass the fear of being screwed, you continue to do so.
Andrea Cucco
