Baptism of fire for the soldiers of the 235 °

14/02/14

Volunteers in a fixed year of 4 ° block 2013 of the 235 ° "Piceno" regiment concluded yesterday, in the shooting range "Monte Stabiata" in Collebrincioni (L'Aquila), the tactical-continuative exercise "Picus obrutus nivibus ", organized for the performance of the shooting lessons provided by the basic training course.

The young soldiers thus lived their "baptism of fire", in an environmental context as close as possible to the operational reality, in the constant perspective of "knowing how to do".

The program of the exercise, which involved the personnel of the training battalion with the logistical support of the command and services company of the regiment and the 9th Alpine regiment of L'Aquila, provided for both day and night shooting with the AR70 / 90 automatic rifle and with the FN Minimi machine guns, both throwing the hand grenade.

Shooting training was complemented by hands-on surveying, broadcasting, weapons and shooting, individual combat training, health education, and land control.

Source: Command for Training, Specialization and Army Doctrine