21/08/15  |  History
21 August 1889: Taranto arsenal inaugurated
Wednesday - In the presence of King Umberto I, the maritime military arsenal was inaugurated in Taranto, the construction of which began in September 1883. The work that involved the ...
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20/08/15  |  Missions
KFOR: General Bertolini meets the soldiers of the Italian contingent employed in Kosovo
The army corps general Marco Bertolini, commander of the Inter-operative Summit Command (IOC), met the Italian contingent in Kosovo today ...
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20/08/15  |  Terra
"Strade Sicure": The "Guides" stop two attempts of theft during the night in Naples
While the profitable patrols in the "Land of Fires" are continuing, the vigilance activity continues on sensitive sites and targets in the metropolitan area. In particular a ...
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20/08/15  |  History
20 August 1911: The Navy at large maneuvers with the Army
Sunday - Two large squadrons of airplanes and airships P .... take part in the great summer army maneuvers that take place until the end of the month in the Monferrato area.
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19/08/15  |  Heaven
Tornado Incident: AM remembers missing colleagues
One year after the 19 August 2014 incident, the Italian Air Force (AM), the municipal administration of Venarotta and the Arma Aeronautica Association (AAA) wanted ...
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19/08/15  |  Terra
"Safe Roads": military stop Nigerian drug dealer
An army military patrol composed of staff from the 183rd "Nembo" parachute regiment and engaged in the "Safe Roads" operation in the city of Prato, has ...
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19/08/15  |  Terra
VFP1 stops a criminal
Yesterday the soldier Michele Gallo, a volunteer in a fixed year of the 2nd block 2015 at the 235th "Piceno" Volunteer Training Regiment, chased and made ...
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19/08/15  |  Missions
Lebanon: joint Italian-French training
In August, the ITALBATT Task Force of the Italian contingent of UNIFIL, currently based on the “Genova Cavalleria” Regiment (4 '), conducted and completed a cycle ...
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19/08/15  |  History
19 August 1912: First Italian patented on seaplanes
Monday - Lieutenant Guido Scelsi, former airship pilot, achieves, first among the Italians, the patent ...
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18/08/15  |  Seaside
Libeccio ship rescues personnel of a merchant ship on a Yemeni island
Nave Libeccio, engaged in the anti-piracy mission EUNAVFOR Atalanta, assisted the crew of the ...
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18/08/15  |  Missions
Lebanon: visit of the Prime Ministers of Finland and Estonia to the quotas
"The prime ministers of Finland and Estonia, Juha Sipilä and Taavi Rõivas, visited their soldiers yesterday ...
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18/08/15  |  Heaven
Railway accident: the 15 ° Stormo intervenes
Yesterday evening an HH-139A helicopter of the 83rd Flight Group of the 15 ° Stormo of the Italian Air Force was ...
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18/08/15  |  Seaside
The Navy offers its final farewell to the hero Emilio Bianchi
Yesterday afternoon, in the church of San Giuseppe in Torre del Lago (LU), the funeral of the Golden Medal was held at ...
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18/08/15  |  History
18 August 1915: war bulletin
"Yesterday morning 20 Austrian units and an airplane attacked the small island of Pelagosa. our garrison has ...
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18/08/15  |  History
18 August 1911: First official of the GN with the eagle
Friday - On the airfield of Taliedo (Milan) the captain of the Naval Genio Alessandro Guidoni achieves the ...
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17/08/15  |  Terra
"Terra dei Fuochi": two stolen cars found and waste spill stopped
The Campania Group of the "Safe Roads" operation, currently under the command of the Cavalleggeri Regiment ...
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17/08/15  |  History
17 August 1915: Sink the submarine Jalea
Tuesday - The submarine Jalea (commander, captain of frigate Ernesto Giovannini) of the 1a Squadriglia, which had ...
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16/08/15  |  Missions
40 ° scramble for Italian Eurofighters in Lithuania
On the day of Ferragosto, at local 13.00, two Eurofighter Typhoon fighters from the Task Force Air in Šiauliai, yes ...
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16/08/15  |  History
16 August 1914: The first Austrian ship sunk in the great war
Sunday - The light cruiser Zenta and the Ulan naval destroyer of the Austro-Hungarian navy on a block cruise ...
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15/08/15  |  Seaside
Commander Emilio Bianchi died at 103, Gold Medal for Military Valor
One of the heroic fighters of the historic enterprise of Alexandria died today, at the age of 103 years, 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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Letters to Defense Online: "Carabinieri and sinking of the Garibaldi"
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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