This morning, in Rome, in the presence of the Chief of Staff of the Army, General of the Army Corps Carmine Masiello, the ceremony for the rotation of the Army logistics commander took place.
During the ceremony, which took place at the Logistics Support Command in Rome, in the presence of civil, military and religious authorities, the Army Chief of Staff greeted the outgoing Army Corps General Mauro D'Ubaldi and the incoming Army Corps General Angelo Michele Ristuccia: “Dear Mauro, today’s ceremony concludes an intense period for you. To your passionate enthusiasm, well known by everyone in the Armed Forces, to your expert and far-sighted action of direction, coordination and control we owe the achievement of numerous goals that allow us to look to the future with confidence.
Logistics is in fact a weapon of proactivity – added the head of SME – Logistics by its nature must be proactive, it is a central axis of the response to the confrontation we are experiencing. We must equip ourselves, we must be ready to act in a range of scenarios. We are doing it, we are doing it with a huge effort. We are doing it with a huge effort to open ourselves to change, with a spirit of adaptation, trying to project ourselves into the future, trying to interact, to contaminate ourselves more and more with civil society, strengthening digitalization, capacity. And updating the operational models, in order to ensure Italy an Army increasingly ready for the tasks entrusted to us, and what has been said cannot be guaranteed without our work". Addressing, subsequently, General of the Army Corps Ristuccia, who yesterday handed over the command of COMFOPSUD, the Chief of SME continued: I am sure that the logistics command will find in you the commander it deserves... you will be able to be a beacon of that innovative light with a pragmatic mentality, collective intelligence, essential today to face the complexities".
General D'Ubaldi, now designated to fill the role of Deputy National Secretary of Defense, leaving the top of the logistics command, deeply thanked all the personnel of the Army's logistics area, rich in valuable military and civilian professionals, for having faced with great energy and determination the numerous challenges that have seen the Army's logistics command, and its branches, operate promptly and effectively in very complex and difficult situations. “I leave a command – the transferring logistics commander stressed – who has been able to interpret the higher directives with dedication, loyalty and a spirit of service, with the awareness that training, technology and values must be the beacon that guides all our activities".
General D'Ubaldi concluded his speech with his best wishes to General Ristuccia, who has just left his post as commander of the command Southern Operational Forces, to further increase the action of the logistics command so that it is an increasingly solid, cohesive, efficient and effective organisation in that indispensable and vital function of supporting the Armed Forces.
The Logistics Command is one of the top commands of the Italian Army to which the logistical organization of the Armed Forces is devolved. It uses a general staff and four specialized commands: transport and materials, commissariat, health and veterinary medicine, and technical - which operate in the sectors of interest through specialized bodies. It also makes use of the logistic support command and the Military Polyclinic of Rome "Celio", a national military multifunctional hospital of reference for military and civilian personnel of the Defense. The logistic command also depends on the central inspection team with the task of carrying out constant and timely monitoring of the level of functionality and efficiency of the Armed Forces logistics.
