It started in recent days, simultaneously in Germany and Poland, the Swift Response 2016 (SR16), an important exercise that will involve the Italian Army.
The activity developed with some military 5.000, is a valid test to test the level of interoperability achieved by the paratrooper units of the participating nations, as well as the confirmation of the capacity of the Italian Defense to operate even at a considerable distance from the motherland.
The brigade thunderbolt participates with a company of the 183rd Parachute Regiment "Nembo", a heavy mortar section of the 185th Parachute Artillery Regiment and a logistic support rate.
The SR16 is a training activity of the highest value that aims to verify the aptitude and the ability to command up to the lowest levels, in situations of decision-making autonomy and tactical isolation, effectively employing paratroopers of the Italian Army in a high-level multinational context complexity.
