13/08/14 | Missions
Mare Nostrum: 1396 migrants rescued in the last few hours
The frigate Scirocco of the navy rescued a boat carrying 530 migrants in the absence of individual life jackets; among them 47 are minor women and 137. A...
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12/08/14 | Missions
Lebanon: Italian military found dead - UPDATE
The blow that caused his death started with his own ordering gun. The incident happened while the sergeant was alone in a room ...
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12/08/14 | Missions
Lebanon: Italian military found dead in the Unifil base
The soldier, a native of Palmanova (UD), was serving at home at the "Ariete" logistics battalion of Maniago (PN). He was in Lebanon since last May and ...
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07/08/14 | Missions
Commemoration to the TF ITALAIR
The ITALAIR Task Force, in the municipality of Al Tiri, in southern Lebanon, commemorated the missing colleagues seventeen years ago, organizing a suffrage ceremony in ...
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06/08/14 | Missions
The Serbian SMD chief meets the KFOR commander in Pristina
The meeting is part of the program of periodic high-level interviews envisaged by the so-called Military Technical Agreement (otherwise known as ...
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05/08/14 | Missions
The Italian contingent in Kosovo delivers life-saving drugs
Recent activities have allowed the delivery of vital drugs to a young girl suffering from a severe form of chronic leukemia. As part of its mandate, the ...
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01/08/14 | Missions
Unifil: General Portolano meets the industry commanders
During the visits, the force commander and head of mission, division general Luciano Portolano, met the commanders of the units operating in the sectors to which he ...
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31/07/14 | Missions
General Philip Breedlove visits KFOR
During the meeting General Farina, from September as head of the NATO mission, and the international command staff presented the situation to General Breedlove ...
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29/07/14 | Missions
CIMIC activities in favor of Kosovars
Through the realization of projects and donations of essential goods in favor of populations, the CIMIC has ...
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28/07/14 | Missions
Wishes from General Farina for the celebration of "Bajram day"
"On the occasion of Bajram's day I send a wish of peace, health and solidarity.
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25/07/14 | Missions
Monastery of Decani: change of guard between Italians and Slovenes
The Italian contingent, after a period of support, implemented the "Reshaping" process, started on ...
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24/07/14 | Missions
Change to the UNIFIL mission guide
The ceremony was attended by the top Lebanese political and military authorities, senior representatives of the community ...
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23/07/14 | Missions
UNIFIL: The Force Commander greets the Lebanese authorities
In the course of the meetings, General Serra, in anticipation of the end of his mandate, took the opportunity to ...
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23/07/14 | Missions
"C-IED" training area for Afghan security forces
This is what the Italian contingent in Afghanistan's military created at "Camp Zafar", the base of the 207 ° body of ...
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16/07/14 | Missions
General Adrian Bradshaw (DSACEUR) visits Kosovo
During the visit, the deputy commander of the NATO forces went to the base of Camp Sparta, Italian garrison for ...
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12/07/14 | Missions
"RITEX" Multinational Exercise for Unifil Blue Helmets
The activity, planned and conducted in order to maintain a high level of training for the Mobile Reserve Forces of ...
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11/07/14 | Missions
Lebanon: The thousand uses of the Italair task force
From the base of Naquora which is also the headquarters of the Unifil command, currently in the hands of General Paolo Serra, the means of ...
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11/07/14 | Missions
Afghanistan: the ultimate mission of the Italian CH-47
With these numbers, symbolically celebrating with a low passage on "Camp Arena", the ...
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09/07/14 | Missions
Unifil's force commander visits the Italian-led sector west
Welcomed upon arrival by the commander of the sector, General Fabio Polli, the senior official received updates on ...
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08/07/14 | Missions
Toys and children's clothing at the Imam Sadr Foundation of Tiro
The material delivered by the peacekeepers comes from a donation made by two Italian associations, the association ...
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Events
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Publishing
The Lastampa "site" insults the "Difesa Online" newspaper
This morning friends and colleagues sent me an article signed by Francesco Grignetti regarding the Vannacci issue. From the text I learn that a "cultural movement" would be born...
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Letters to the Director
Letter to Online Defense: the unpreparedness of the Italian armed forces in the Second World War
I am a recent reader of yours. Scrolling through some of your articles I couldn't help but notice the constant references to the unpreparedness of our armed forces in the second conflict...
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