02/09/17 | Tales of military life
"One 12" bolt
The sun is setting and a slight breeze has risen to mitigate the heat, which the next day was expected to have been more intense. I do not want to go home ...
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07/05/17 | Tales of military life
"The last missile: chronicles of an asymmetrical war" (second part)
(Military fantasy story) 8 April 2017, Sharyat Air Force Command Room, Homs, Syria Commander Issam Zaheralden nervously fingers on ...
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05/05/17 | Tales of military life
"The last missile: chronicles of an asymmetrical war" (first part)
(Military fantasy story) 7 April 2017, command bridge of the Lincoln destroyer, Mitscher class, off the Syrian coasts It is evening in the Mediterranean sky ...
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08/04/17 | Tales of military life
"The Sailor's Permit"
It was a day like so many in the normal military position of marquee Fracchiossi. She got up early in the morning to be able to prepare and relieve as best she could ....
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24/12/16 | Tales of military life
"The super moon"
There is almost unrealistic clarity in Livorno, when the commander closes the door behind his affections. The break in operating activities has given him a bit of rest and ...
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06/08/16 | Tales of military life
"When there was no facebook but the lever ..."
And then it happens that thanks to Facebook or who knows what other "social" you can recapture what was in the office down the corridor where were registered the ...
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25/05/16 | Tales of military life
"The most beautiful job in the world and the circles" (the values of being a soldier)
"Dad, come out every day with the same suit, I ask your mom where you go, and she says, 'at work'. What do you do? "," The dress is called uniform, I wear it because I'm a ...
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04/05/16 | Tales of military life
"MILITARY ZONE - NO ACCESS"
I was at the entrance to the Naval Base, a few meters away from the guard, waiting for a colleague to go to the Prefecture and the Registry to hurry ...
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14/01/16 | Tales of military life
"Backpack on the ground. The experience of one of our soldiers"
A few days ago a dear friend, Lieutenant Giugliano, announced that, without some regret, he had also come to him to put down his backpack. Another...
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01/10/15 | Tales of military life
"Small tribute to the AUC"
In this short article as a former complementary officer, I wanted to recall the contribution of the AUC to the Italian military system, a tax that, in my view, was forgotten ...
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16/09/15 | Tales of military life
"Back to Mars"
Useful considerations for those who are 20 years old, today 25 years old. Many have passed since, when I was 20, I had the privilege of entering the Air Force Academy, role of Navigators ...
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11/09/15 | Tales of military life
"The last flight of the cursed Hunchback"
Military tale of real fantasy The premise The Savoy Marchetti SM 79 was called by the Allies "The cursed cobra" because it curts and why its riders were ...
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07/07/15 | Tales of military life
"The little doctor"
Not all military commands can have a stable health care facility. On the ship I was in there, in the winter there was nothing but a good ...
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13/05/15 | Tales of military life
"Il siggiente Muraglia"
Almost 20 years have passed and I still remember the Sergeant Muraglia, one of the chefs of the most beautiful school ship in the world. Even that year, according to an interrupted practice ...
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22/04/15 | Tales of military life
"Ships and mozzarella"
The period between the first fall of the 98 and the 99 spring was not the quietest. War winds splashed from the east, preceded by chilling news of extermination ....
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21/04/15 | Tales of military life
"Taxi Driver"
[Nd: I would never have known about this event if - during a guard at the Maridipart Naples Opera (prehistoric) - did not tell me the sailor ...
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26/03/15 | Tales of military life
"A marathon in reverse"
I ran my first Rome marathon in its first edition, in the 1995. I remember the emotion, the desire to get to the 21 Km, near the Mosque, where my friend was waiting for me ...
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05/03/15 | Tales of military life
"Arms and luggage"
The farewell dinner to greet some colleagues had lasted until late. The dispatch transfer had arrived about twenty days before and I was about to leave ...
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23/01/15 | Tales of military life
"Capo Arezzo and the dancing evening"
It's a story that has very little military, or maybe not ... because it falls within those habits of healthy camaraderie, which make a group of people enclosed in a box of ...
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18/12/14 | Tales of military life
"Solidarity between soldiers"
We are at the beginning of the 90 era, the Berlin Wall fell and the USSR was disintegrating, the Russian armed forces were on the run, with no resources and with the soldiers they received ...
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Backchannels and fireworks: US mediation behind Iranian retaliation on Israel?
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 the Director
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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