12/07/21  |  Seaside
COMSUBIN, after four years the course for civilian divers is back
A few more weeks and the Navy will be able to count on two new divers, recruited from civilian personnel, who are about to complete the training at Varignano (SP), ...
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09/07/21  |  Seaside
Nave Espero, the last Flag Hauler after 36 years of service in the ranks of the Naval Fleet
The ceremony of the Last Ammaina Bandiera di Nave Espero took place on 30 June 2021, at the Mar Grande Naval Station in Taranto, with the simultaneous landing of the Flag ...
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07/07/21  |  Seaside
The 2021 education campaign on Nave Vespucci is underway
With the classic "Good wind and calm sea" wished by Senator Stefania Pucciarelli, Undersecretary of State for Defense, and by the Chief of Staff of the Navy, ...
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02/07/21  |  Seaside
NATO: Italy takes command of SNMG 2
The Virginio Fasan frigate, flagship of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2), on June 26 left its moorings from La Spezia towards the Black Sea, to participate in the ...
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01/07/21  |  Seaside
Capri ship returns to sea
Although time passes for everyone, there are those who accept it and there are those who do not give up. After almost two years of maintenance and modernization, Nave Capri has returned to plow the ...
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30/06/21  |  Seaside
Procida ship for safety on the sea
The safeguarding of maritime routes and the protection of the marine heritage represent fundamental institutional requirements entrusted to the Navy. Just in the last ...
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28/06/21  |  Seaside
Italian officer awarded among the best students at the University of the Marines
After nine months of studies at the Marine Corps University of Quantico (United States), the officer of the marine brigade San Marco completed the ...
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23/06/21  |  Seaside
Nave Doria ends its merger with the UK Carrier Strike Group
From 28 May to 15 June Nave Andrea Doria integrated into the English Carrier Strike Group (CSG) to participate in the escort of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. The activity is ...
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22/06/21  |  Seaside
Mission accomplished for the Italian-led European Amphibious Battle Group
Mission accomplished for Italy with the amphibious Navy Lead Battle Group (BG) offered to the European Union in ...
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19/06/21  |  Seaside
Nave Palinuro is involved in the 2021 Education Campaign
Today 19 June the Palinuro training ship arrived in the port of Brindisi, completing the first phase of the ...
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16/06/21  |  Seaside
Completed the maintenance work of the monumental anchors of the main door of the Arsenale of La Spezia
Saturday 12 June 2021 the two monumental anchors located at the entrance to the main door of the Military Arsenal ...
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11/06/21  |  Seaside
Navy: the campaign in Arctic High North21 begins
The Alliance multi-purpose research vessel begins today, Friday 11 June 2021, the High Marine geophysics campaign ...
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10/06/21  |  Seaside
Premuda, 10 June 1918, the story of Navy Day
The feat of Luigi Rizzo and his crews, on June 10, 1918, represents perhaps the most brilliant and daring action ...
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09/06/21  |  Seaside
Navy: the destroyer Andrea Doria in training with the English naval group and the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth
The destroyer of the Italian Navy Andrea Doria led the British naval group of the ...
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04/06/21  |  Seaside
Navy: national participation in the At Sea Demonstration - Formidable Shield-21 exercise concluded
Atlantic Ocean, Hebridean Islands polygon - Scotland. With the completion of the last launch and killing of ...
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03/06/21  |  Seaside
Nave Andrea Doria joins the UK Carrier Strike Group
Nave Andrea Doria has recently concluded its participation in the NATO exercise Steadfast Defender 2021 ...
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31/05/21  |  Seaside
The Venice Boat Show kicks off
Between land and water. For centuries the seat of the largest naval factory in the world and the current cultural center of the Navy ...
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27/05/21  |  Seaside
Navy: Arctic destination - Alliance ship to Tromsø for HIGH NORTH21
The Alliance multi-purpose research unit left La Spezia on 21 May and is sailing towards the ocean ...
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24/05/21  |  Seaside
Nave Andrea Doria trains with NATO
On May 20, the NATO exercise Steadfast Defender 2021 began in the waters off Portugal, to which ...
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18/05/21  |  Seaside
The 2021 hydro-oceanographic campaign of Nave Magnaghi
After a period of work stoppage, on 4 May the hydro-oceanographic ship Ammiraglio Magnaghi left the port ...
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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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April 25: Tomorrow is another day…
Today was celebrated April 25th. They told us, with a solemn voice, the story of a people who knew how to redeem themselves, who chose freedom and democracy, who turned the page with...
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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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