Day of the civil defense personnel, Undersecretary Rossi meets the employees of the Dicastery at the Arsenal of La Spezia

(To Massimiliano Rizzo)
27/05/17

To celebrate the day of the civil defense personnel, Undersecretary Domenico Rossi yesterday met the employees of the Dicastery, in the Arsenal of the Navy of La Spezia.

"Today represents an important occasion to confirm the importance of the civil role in the administration "Undersecretary Rossi said, reinforcing Minister Pinotti's message "Training, enriching, safeguarding and enhancing the professionalism of civil defense personnel is one of the main commitments we have made and which is part of the renewal project envisaged by the White Book: civil and military personnel who work in a unitary, synergic and joint manner to achieve the objectives assigned to the Defense."

Undersecretary Rossi concluded his speech by thanking all the civil defense personnel who "with great spirit of sacrifice and a sense of duty equal to the men and women who wear the stars perform their work".

Referring then to the reality of La Spezia, Rossi said that "the arsenal represents a strategic asset of the Defense on which the Dicastery invests for not dispersing a capital represented mainly by the civil personnel that represents a very important human capital".

The ceremony concluded with the submission of gold, silver and bronze medals to employees by Undersecretary Rossi and the authorities present. Among these, the mayor of La Spezia, Massimo Federici, the prefect, Antonio Lucio Garufi, the bishop, Ernesto Luigi Palletti.

The "Day of the Civilian Personnel of the Defense Administration" was established in 1963 with the name of "Day of the elderly of the work of the military establishments". The honors today are extended to all civilian defense employees. The ministry's initiative seals the osmosis between the civilian and military components of the Defense Administration.

On the sidelines of the ceremony, Undersecretary Rossi then met with a union representative.