29/08/15  |  History
29 August 1913: The Historical Office of the Navy is born
Friday - A historical office has been set up at the Ministry of Staff of the Ministry to carry out studies of a historical nature that in any case interest the Navy ...
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29/08/15  |  History
29 August 1870: The Navy replaces the old rifles
Monday - Following changes in the individual equipment, the picket service on board will be carried out with 1868 model rifles or recharging rifles. THE...
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28/08/15  |  Missions
Italy organizes courses and donates fishing materials to the Somali population
Yesterday, at the Old Port of Mogadishu, the Italian soldiers of the National Support Element donated to the local fishermen's cooperative "HIBO Fishery Cooperative" ...
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28/08/15  |  Terra
Joint training between Italian and US Ranger departments
The Rangers of the 4 ° Alpine Paratroopers Regiment have successfully completed, in the context of the multinational exercise "Swift Response", a series of complex ...
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28/08/15  |  Heaven
Joint exercise between AM and Coast Guard
On Wednesday 19 August, a flight crew from the 80th SAR (Search and Rescue) Combat Center in Decimomannu (CA), belonging to the 15 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force led to ...
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28/08/15  |  Seaside
La Spezia, inauguration of the Maritime Festival
The Maritime Festival opened last night in La Spezia. Now in its fourth edition, the important event on the culture of the sea will be held from 27 to 30 in August and ...
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28/08/15  |  Terra
"Safe Roads": paratroopers intervene and stop a drug "courier"
In the central Via Magnolfi in Prato, an Army patrol intercepted and stopped a person who, at the sight of the operators, swallowed a ...
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28/08/15  |  History
28 August 1869: La Spezia Arsenal inaugurated
Saturday - In Spezia the major general of the Genio Navale Domenico Chiodo, after the blessing imparted by Monsignor Domenico Battolla, Abbot of the city, inaugurates the Arsenal ...
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27/08/15  |  Missions
The "Baltic Frontier" Air Defense mission concluded
With the Ammaina flag ceremony, it ended today, at the air base in Šiauliai in Lithuania, home of the TFA ...
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27/08/15  |  Terra
Specialists of the 21 ° Regiment engineering genius intervene to remove a German mine
Army bomb disposal personnel intervened yesterday at the municipality of San Valentino Torio (SA) for the reclamation of ...
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27/08/15  |  History
27 August 1896: The observation of the Volturno in the short Anglo-Zanzibar war
Thursday - The gunboat Volturno under the command of the frigate captain Francesco Mongiardini, participates in Zanzibar in ...
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26/08/15  |  Missions
Solidarity of the Italian military for the children of Kosovo
Some of the Italian soldiers in Kosovo in recent days have given life to an initiative called "A day with ...
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26/08/15  |  Missions
Lebanon: Italian blue helmets participate in the "Angel Rescue"
Today in the afternoon the UNIFIL Sector West Italian blue helmets took part in the ...
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26/08/15  |  Terra
The "Safe Roads" operation in contrast to drug dealing
Late last night the Army soldiers engaged in the Safe Roads operation blocked and made ...
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26/08/15  |  Terra
Bomb squads defuse two artillery grenades from World War II
The decommissioning and remediation of two 75 mm artillery shells of US nationality ended yesterday ...
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26/08/15  |  Heaven
Ambulance with child in emergency flight
A C-130J transport aircraft of the Italian Air Force with an ambulance on board took off from Alghero airport ...
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26/08/15  |  History
The Navy's fleet prepares for the Great War
Among the many and far-sighted initiatives that Vice Admiral Paolo Thaon di Revel (Chief of Staff of the ...
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26/08/15  |  History
26 August 1908: The King at Portoferraio to inspect the passenger naval base
Wednesday - Embark in Vado Ligure on the battleship Vittorio Emanuele (commander, Captain of vessel Paolo ...
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25/08/15  |  Terra
Change to COMFORDOT
The Army Chief of Staff, Army Corps General Danilo Errico, attended the ceremony of ...
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25/08/15  |  Heaven
TFA delegation of Siauliai to the Hill of Crosses
Some components of the Siauliai Air Task Force, coming from the 36 ° Stormo di Gioia del Colle, led to the ...
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Tribute (due) to the 80th "Roma" infantry who takes leave with honor

Well, yes, we are now used to witnessing the closure of the barracks and perhaps even a little to burying the long history of the departments, a phenomenon which however does not erase the memories. It also touched...

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"Il Signor Parolini" (ninth part)

The baked chicken, as expected, had lived up to its reputation, consolidating, where needed, the undisputed culinary mastery of Gastone, chief ...

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As announced by the Iranian regime, the announced retaliation for the (unannounced) attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus on 1 April 2024 which led to the death of...
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Mine is not meant to be a sterile controversy but after more than thirty years of wearing the uniform I consider it a "fair" controversy. Decisions regarding the size and composition of forces...
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