The Chief of Defense Staff, General Claudio Graziano, went this morning to visit the areas of central Italy hit by the earthquake of 24 August, in particular in Amatrice where the genius of the Army is working to create an alternative road network to “Three eyes” bridge which represented the main entrance to the city and the Air Force is present with a mobile control tower that guarantees the safe management of air traffic in the area.
"The earthquake in some ways is worse than the war, but in the past years worse situations have been rebuilt", these are the words of the head of SMD after visiting the areas affected by the earthquake and greeted the military and volunteers at work.
The head of SMD then met the head of the Civil Defense Fabrizio Curcio alla command and control direction of Rieti (DICOMAC): "the will to rebuild people is important, the answer we know how to give is important", Continued the head of SMD"reconstruction can not only be done, but it will be done quickly and in a hurry we must continue in an organized manner, in a way that is connected with all the agencies. We have the best Armed Forces in the world and also Civil Defense is among the first in the world".
The Defense currently employs about 1300 units, 300 vehicles and 3 aircraft.
