The Chief of Staff of Army Corps General Danilo Errico greeted, today, at the Army Building the general of the army corps Marco Bertolini who leaves the armed force after 44 years of service.
Promoted to lieutenant in the 1976 after having attended the 154 ° course of the Military Academy of Modena first and then at the Application School of Turin, he has always distinguished himself in all the tasks that were entrusted to him during his long and intense career.
Officer of the highest ethical and professional profile, he has held delicate command and staff assignments at the paratroop brigade since his youth. thunderbolt and the Army General Staff. In the 1997 he receives the delicate task of commanding the prestigious 9 paratroopers' assault regiment "Col. Moschin" and from the 2002 he assumes command of the paratroop brigade "Folgore".
General Bertolini has held numerous command positions in the international arena, participating, from the very beginning of his career, in operations abroad in Lebanon, Somalia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Kosovo he was chief of staff of NATO's "Extraction Force" for the eventual recovery of OSCE verifiers. In June 2003 he operated in Afghanistan as commander of the Italian contingent as part of the operation Kite and in the 2008 he returned as ISAF Chief of Staff in Afghanistan.
From the 2012 to today he is commander of the Interforze Summit Operational Command.
During the salute, the Army Chief of Staff thanked Army General Marco Bertolini, emphasizing his professionalism, spirit of self-sacrifice, ethics and the discipline that distinguished him throughout his career .
The Army gives an affectionate good luck with the hope of a peaceful future.
