AVES and SMOM together for the community

(To Army Majority State)
27/05/20

If on the one hand the coronavirus continues to make social distancing necessary even in this "phase 2", on the other it is contributing to the creation of new and various forms of joint commitment, in a context where even our Armed Force does not hesitate, yet once, to take sides.

In a scenario in which the continuation of this global health emergency and therefore of the limitations connected to it is inevitably increasing the economic hardship in the population, the interventions of the Army at a territorial level are increasingly widespread. In line with those values ​​that distinguish the fabric of our uniform, the Army Air Force, in Viterbo, has chosen to embrace the plot of solidarity and closeness to the local community, participating in bulk in the collection of food products and for the childhood organized by the Viterbo-Rieti delegation of the Order of Malta.

This initiative, accepted with a good heart by the blue Basques of the City of the Popes, involved numerous soldiers from the Army Aviation Training Center, the 4th Group of Army Aviation Support Squadrons "Scorpio" and del 3rd Special Operations Helicopter Regiment "Aldebaran"; welcoming an active participation of staff employed on missions abroad. The activity was carried out in order to support those citizens in difficulty who, in this particular historical moment, find themselves using the free canteen service offered by Caritas Diocesana. The food donated by the regiments will help to ensure the administration of numerous meals to the less well-off in the areas of Viterbo and Reatino.

The commitment of the Specialty in this delicate period has seen and continues to see 360-degree interventions at national and territorial level: defense of the territory, relief and protection of the citizen but also local initiatives which often, as in this case, involve delegations engaged in assistance operations.