Last day of ship Carabiniere in command of the European Operation Naval Force Atalanta. On board the Italian ship, early in the morning, an official ceremony sanctioned the transfer of the command of EU NAVFOR Somalia between force commander Italian rear-admiral Stefano Barbieri, in office since 6 last October, and his successor, the German rear-admiral Jan Christian Kaack. Nave Carabiniere will be replaced in the Atalanta operation by Nave Euro.
On the ship flight deck Carabiniere, the two force commander and their international staff, have alternated in the presence, among others, of the commander of Interoperable Summit Operations Command January by Marco Bertolini, the deputy commander of the operation Eunavfor Somalia, the Swedish admiral Jonas Wikström, of the ambassadors in Djibouti of Europe, Germany, Japan, of local military representatives and regional press correspondents.
Carabiniere ship, commanded by the frigate captain Francesco Saladino, was the flagship of the 465 Task Force since last October 20, conducting more than 300 queries of boats at sea, and 47 friendly approaches.
With more than 2800 hours at sea and over 18 joint multinational exercises, at sea and in port, the Italian frigate has received an FAO recognition for the escort activity, protection and support for the merchant ship Komarco Kestrel, rented by the United Nations agency for the laying of Fishing Aggregation Disposal (FAD) in order to support and support the development of the economy linked to fishing as an alternative to economic and labor support.
