Until the 26 May Ship Carabiniere, returning from the campaign in Australia and South East Asia, will support the operation of the European Union Atalanta in the fight against piracy in the area of the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden.
The European Multi-Mission Frigate (FREMM) Carabiniere, the May 12 game from Abu Dhabi, alongside, in the Strait of Hormuz-Suez route, the European device that sees the frigate already engaged I hope of the Navy.
This is a temporary return to an operation that saw Nave Carabiniere and its crew engaged in patrolling the same waters of the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Somalia, from October 2015 (a few months after the launch) to March 2016 with the role of "flag ship" of the 465 Task Force in the EUNAVFOR context.
On Ship Carabiniere the specialist teams of the San Marco marine brigade of the Diving Operations Group of Comsubin and personnel Of the airship bases of Luni and Grottaglie with a SH90 helicopter usable both in role of maritime surveillance and support to boarding operations that antisubmarine. The unit is also equipped with a rigid keel boat Hurricane used by Opposed Boarding Team of the 2 San Marco regiment.
The Italian armed forces are currently engaged with about 6800 soldiers in international operations while they are about 9600 in national operations.
