03/01/25  |  Missions
Lebanon: 2 Logistics Hubs Completed for Training Lebanese Armed Forces Units
The Military Technical Committee (MTC4L), in view of the enlistment of the first 1500 recruits of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to be deployed in southern Lebanon, has taken action for the...
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23/12/24  |  Missions
Bulgaria: Strike Back 24 exercise concluded
The Ariete tank crews, together with the other units of the Italian Army that make up the battle group, commanded by Colonel Federico Maddaluno, continue to work to...
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11/12/24  |  Missions
Kuwait: Air Force and Iraqi Air Force in joint training
A joint exercise took place in the skies of Iraq, involving two Italian F-2000 “Eurofighter” aircraft from the Typhoon task group, deployed on the...
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06/12/24  |  Missions
Iraq, “Prima Parthica” mission reaches 6.500 flight hours on UH-90A
The Airmobile Task Group "Griffon", a unit of the Italian Army Aviation deployed in Iraqi Kurdistan as part of the "Prima Parthica" operation, has reached the...
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05/12/24  |  Missions
Kuwait: Logistics projection capacity tested at Ali Al Salem air base
In recent days, at the Ali Al Salem air base, home of the Italian National Contingent Command Air/Task Force Air Kuwait, which places its operational assets at the service of...
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04/12/24  |  Missions
Borsini Ship Back in Ghana
Nave Borsini, one month after the previous stop in Ghana, stopped again in the port of Tema and it was yet another opportunity for the crew to demonstrate their...
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03/12/24  |  Missions
Mission Bulgaria, the multinational battle group reaches full operational status
The final Iron Strike 24 exercise of the multinational battle group deployed in Bulgaria has been successfully concluded. Over 500 soldiers from 9 nations and more than 70...
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03/12/24  |  Missions
NATO, Baltic Air Policing Lithuania: change of command of the task force air 36th wing
At the Lithuanian air base in Šiauliai, a ceremony was held to change the personnel of Block 66 and the contingent of Block 67 of the 36ᵗʰ wing air task force ...
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03/12/24  |  Missions
Luigi Rizzo ship docked in Mersin
The tactical commander of Operation Safe Mediterranean, Admiral Andrea Petroni, on the occasion of the...
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03/12/24  |  Missions
Highlights of the first Indo-Pacific campaign of the Italian carrier strike group
The Navy, after over thirty years of experience in blue water and aircraft carrier operations conducted in contexts...
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02/12/24  |  Missions
Exercise Colossal Freedom: Italian soldiers train with Hungarian troops
Today concludes the first act of the second training phase, called “Rising”, of the NATO battle group ...
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27/11/24  |  Missions
Iraq: Italian Army soldiers train Kurdish Peshmerga in mountain environment
The “Mountain Warfare" course has concluded at the Atrush Infantry Training Centre in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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27/11/24  |  Missions
Latvia: Resolute Warrior 24 Completed
In recent days, the military personnel of Task Group Baltic, engaged in the XV operational rotation, have completed with...
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26/11/24  |  Missions
Ship Carlo Margottini participates in the Sea Guardian operation
The assets employed in Operation Sea Guardian, launched in 2016 as a continuation of the previous Active...
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21/11/24  |  Missions
Visit of the Tactical Commander of Operation Safe Mediterranean to the IAMD CoE in Souda
As part of the handover between flagships of Operation Safe Mediterranean, between the Martinengo vessel (17th rotation) and the...
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19/11/24  |  Missions
Ship Martinengo returns to Taranto after its commitment in Operation Safe Mediterranean
The frigate Federico Martinengo has returned to the Mar Grande naval station in Taranto after more than 2 months of...
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19/11/24  |  Missions
Borsini ship in Congo after two years
It was November 13, 2022 when Nave Borsini touched Congolese soil for the last time and on the same day, in...
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18/11/24  |  Missions
Nave Doria returns home after 120 days of intense activity in the Red Sea
An atmosphere of joy welcomed the return of the Andrea Doria ship in Taranto, which since 18 July has participated in the...
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18/11/24  |  Missions
Operation Safe Mediterranean Tactical Commander Visits USS New York
​The tactical commander of Operation Safe Mediterranean, Admiral Andrea Petroni, accompanied by...
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15/11/24  |  Missions
Kuwait: Colonel Sabrina Rispoli to lead the Joint Intendancy Administrative Center
At Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, the changeover ceremony for the management of the center took place...
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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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In Defense of Cecilia Sala: Reflections on Justice and (Juvenile) Opinions in Freedom
The news of the arrest and detention of Cecilia Sala in the homeland prisons of the happy Islamic Republic of Iran, now belongs to the past news. Far from sharing the whys and the...
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