12/01/2015 - The Navy and the Department of Civil Protection are now committed to jointly studying and developing a device for the reclamation of marine waters from solid and liquid waste: this is what is established by the agreement signed by Franco Gabrielli, head of the Department of Civil Protection, and squad admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi, chief of staff of the Navy.
12/01/2015 - On 8 and 9 January 2015, at the main infirmary of the Air Force of Pratica di Mare, a course was held for the training and training of Navy health personnel in high bio-containment transport .
10/01/2015 - On 7 January, the Cavour aircraft carrier, flagship of the Italian Navy, arrived in Trieste to carry out a short maintenance intervention.
The ship was positioned in the 4 basin of the San Marco arsenal.
09/01/2015 - Ship Libra, inserted in the Frontex "Triton" device yesterday afternoon was sent to rescue for a SAR event (Search And Rescue) of a boat in distress at some tens of miles north of the Libyan coast. The merchant Bourbon Argos also arrived on the boat and was in transit, recovering 84 migrants.
07/01/2015 - An Italian officer, Lieutenant Emanuela Ferrentino, is currently on board the USS James E. Williams (DDG 95), an Arleigh Burke-class US missile fighter. Boarding is part of the Personnel Exchange Program (PEP), an exchange project between the Italian Navy and the US Navy that promotes the collaboration and trust that unites the two countries.
02/01/2015 - The end of 2014 coincided with the end of the operations conducted by Marine Surveillance and Security Device (DNSSM) activated after Operation Mare Nostrum.
31/12/2014 - At the end of the extraordinary commitment of the Navy vehicles and crews in the rescue activities of the Norman Atlantic ferry, the helicopters with their pilots are returning to their bases in these hours.
30/12/2014 - Upon returning to the port of the San Giorgio ship at the end of the rescue mission, the Navy expresses its condolences to the families of the victims of the Norman Atlantic ferry disaster.
29/12/2014 - The operations to recover the passengers of the ferry continue without stopping Norman Atlantic (50 miles southeast of Brindisi), coordinates from Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) of Rome.
24/12/2014 - The second lieutenant Lorenzo Pietrini obtained the US Navy military pilot's license (Wings of gold), at the base of Corpus Christi (Texas). This might seem like a normal milestone, for a pilot's career, and as it happens every year for a dozen or so Navy officers.
22/12/2014 - On 18 December the Aviere team patrol boat, moored in the Mar Grande Naval Station in Taranto, celebrated 30 years since its launch, which took place in 1984 at the Fincantieri del Muggiano plant in La Spezia.
22/12/2014 - Last Friday morning, in the same place where the men of the underwater assault vehicles prepared for their legendary exploits (Bocca di Serchio), the 'Teseo Tesei' Underwater and Incursor Group celebrated the achievement of the green beret from Incursore by of two young officers.
21/12/2014 - On the occasion of the imminent publication of the competition announcement, for admission to the 1st class of the normal courses of the Naval Academy of Livorno, the 'pro-enlistment promotional tour' of the mobile information center of the Navy, in those geographical areas where the Navy is less visible. Here is the rough program for the month of December:
18/12/2014 - Last Sunday the students of the 2nd class of the naval academy of Livorno - the course Adamastor - have assumed responsibility for the Honor Guard service at the Palazzo del Quirinale. The activity is included in the training course of the naval academy, which leads our young people - with their talents and energy - to be official at the service of the country.
17/12/2014 - On the days of 13 and 14 December on the Livorno hills, between Valle Benedetta and Colognole, the students of the 1st class of the naval academy took part in the usual topographic march in preparation for the more complex activity that will be developed in Brindisi the San Marco marine brigade.
16/12/2014 - As part of the consolidated and fruitful bilateral defense cooperation between Italy and Japan, by ship Commander Bettica a modern lighthouse was installed last November search and rescue of Japanese production.
16/12/2014 - Italian sport recognizes its activity in the competitive arena with the navy Gold star for sporting merit. Delivered by the president of the council Matteo Renzi, in the hall of honor of Coni, the chief of staff of the armed force, admiral of team Giuseppe de Giorgi, and the swimmer Alessandra Romiti, in the context of the ceremony of the Golden Collars and stars Golden and Silver to athletes, men of sport and society, who have distinguished themselves during the 2014 and their careers.
16/12/2014 - The commitment of the Navy is renewed in collaboration with the University of Siena to carry out the research activity of plastic material, as part of the "Plastic Buster" project to combat marine pollution.
15/12/2014 - Regarding the agency launches this morning on the "Ghost ship" operation, the Navy is alongside the judiciary to eradicate the phenomenon of corruption to protect the staff who work daily with a spirit of service and sense of the state.
13/12/2014 - «Italy, with Mare Nostrum, has saved hundreds of thousands of human lives in just over a year, demonstrating the best management capacity, to date, of a humanitarian emergency of huge proportions, also showing its best human face. We will always thank Italy and the Navy for this and we hope that this ability will be collected by all the institutions responsible for managing these emergencies ".