Volunteers swear in firm prefix of the 2 ° 2014 block

01/08/14

643 volunteers in fixed terms of one year (VFP1), belonging to the 17 volunteer training regiment "Acqui" and to the 47 volunteer training regiment "Ferrara", today took an oath of allegiance to the Italian republic, in the "Salomone" barracks in Capua .

The men and women of the 2 block 2014, in the presence of the war flag of the 17 regiment "Acqui", decorated with the military order of Italy, a gold medal, three silver and one bronze military valor, and at the command of the commander, Colonel Iginio Junior Ramundo, they shouted in unison their "Lo Giuro!".

At the ceremony, presided over by the commander of the group of training units of the army, Brigadier General Gabriele Toscani De Col, were present military, civil and religious authorities and representatives of combat and weapons associations.

The 2 block 2014 is named after Lieutenant Domenico Rossi, alpine engineer, who fell on the Russian front in the second world war, decorated with the war cross on the field and awarded the gold medal for military valor to the memory.

The day before the ceremony the volunteers were able to join parents, relatives and friends in the "Salomone" barracks, where they were received for a brief address and an information meeting, during which the didactic-training activities carried out were illustrated. .

Source: Command for Training, Specialization and Army Doctrine