30/07/2015 - In the auditorium of the University of Tuscia, in Viterbo, the ceremony for the awarding of degrees in "Organizational and Management Sciences" to the one hundred and sixteen marshals of the 15th course "Ardire" took place today. at the end of the three-year cycle of studies, they are preparing to join the Army operational units.

The ceremony, attended by the deputy commander of the NCO School, Brigadier General Vittorio Antonio Stella, the magnificent rector, prof. Alessandro Ruggieri, professors of the University of Viterbo, as well as family members and friends of the newly graduated marshals, conclude the intense preparation to which the students are subjected, aimed at training Marshals who will operate both in the national territory and in the field of management operations of the crisis abroad.

The degree program, which is the reference point for a model of integration and collaboration between the military and university worlds, has a three-year academic cycle aimed at providing the Army marshals with a solid cultural and professional background that enables them to best manage a high-level potential of human and material resources that the Armed Forces will soon deliver to them.

The 2014-2015 Academic Year of the Institute concludes with this ceremony; an intense year, made of commitment and sacrifices, during which the patrons of the Army NCO School have faced a demanding program of technical-professional, academic and linguistic activities, reaching the educational objectives set by the study plan.

Source: Army Training, Specialization and Doctrine Command