16/05/25  |  EARTH
Ranger Patents Awarded to 11 New Operators
The Ranger patent award ceremony was held today at the headquarters of the 4th Alpine Paratrooper Regiment “Ranger” to 11 new operators who completed a...
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16/05/25  |  EARTH
Joint CQB exercise between Italian and Hungarian forces
An intense joint Close Quarters Battle (CQB) exercise involving the Italian contingent and the...
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16/05/25  |  EARTH
Latvia: “Crystal Arrow 2025” exercise concluded
The multinational exercise “Crystal Arrow 2025”, one of the most complex training activities carried out within the framework of the NATO Forward Land mission, has been successfully concluded...
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16/05/25  |  EARTH
Targeted training for volunteers
A specific training cycle aimed at reaching the condition of "ready for deployment" for the "Safe Roads" and "Land of the..." operations concluded in recent days.
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16/05/25  |  EARTH
Change at the Top of the Army's Land Operational Forces
In the presence of the Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Ca Carmine Masiello, Gen. Ca Gaetano Zauner, after 44 years in the Army, leaves active service and hands over the...
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16/05/25  |  EARTH
Weapon specialties assigned to the 203rd “Loyalty” course
At the Aula Magna of Palazzo Arsenale, home of the Army Officers' School, the assignment of specialties took place to 113 officers attending the various Armed Forces...
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14/05/25  |  EARTH
The Chief of SME visits departments of excellence between technological innovation and operational training
This morning, the visit of the Army Chief of Staff, General of the Army Corps Carmine Masiello, took place at two regiments dependent on the command of the...
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14/05/25  |  EARTH
The Army at West Point Sandhurst
The international military competition called Sandhurst Military Competition 2025 concluded a few days ago at the United States Military Academy (USMA) in West...
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13/05/25  |  EARTH
Training for “non-specialized VFI” at Ariete
Training continues for approximately two hundred initial-term volunteers (VFI) who are not yet specialized and who have arrived at...
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13/05/25  |  EARTH
Mountain training for Army paratroopers
The “Aquila 5/2025” exercise, which saw...
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13/05/25  |  EARTH
The Army celebrates for the Bersaglieri
The streets of Marsala, from May 8th to 11th, resounded with songs and music on the occasion of the 72nd national gathering...
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13/05/25  |  EARTH
The Army's Alpine troops are the protagonists at the 96th Alpine Rally
Over three hundred soldiers of the Army's Alpine troops opened the final parade of the 96th Rally today...
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12/05/25  |  EARTH
MAK P 100 at the “Nunziatella” Military School
The ceremony of the MakP100 of the 235th Regiment students took place in recent days at the “Nunziatella” Military School...
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09/05/25  |  EARTH
The Army celebrates its blue berets
This morning the Blue Berets celebrated the 74th anniversary of the establishment of the Army Aviation (...
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07/05/25  |  EARTH
Blindo Centauro 2 to the “Aosta” brigade
The first Centauro 6 armored vehicles, produced by the..., were delivered to the “Lancieri d'Aosta” regiment (2°) of Palermo.
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07/05/25  |  EARTH
Army bomb disposal experts defuse an aerial bomb in the province of Mantua
A team of Italian Army bomb disposal experts, belonging to the 10th Engineer Regiment of Cremona, has...
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06/05/25  |  EARTH
The Chief of SME visits the Piacenza Logistics Hubs
This morning the Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Carmine Masiello, went to...
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05/05/25  |  EARTH
“FLAMING SUNRISE 25” exercise concluded
In recent days, the 52nd “Turin” Land Artillery Regiment stationed in Salerno conducted, at the...
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29/04/25  |  EARTH
The paratroopers of the “Folgore” brigade present at the annual Italian outdoor activities review
In recent days, at the Madonnino Exhibition Centre in Braccagni (Grosseto), the “Savoia Cavalleria” regiment (3...
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29/04/25  |  EARTH
Army Aviation Receives Latest-Generation Light Multi-Role Helicopter
The Italian Army takes a further step forward in its global modernization plan with the new UH-...
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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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Ariadna Pinto, symbol of repression in Venezuela under the Maduro regime
Ariadna Pinto was a very young Venezuelan of 20 years, arrested in August 2024 in the context of the post-election protests following the presidential election of President Nicolás Maduro....
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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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