High Intensity Exercise at Capo Teulada: Role 2 and Command Posts - brigadefolgore.net

High Intensity Exercise at Capo Teulada: Role 2 and Command Posts

Teulada (SU), April 2025 - A complex inter-force exercise involving the Bersaglieri "Garibaldi" Brigade and units of the Army Logistics Command ended at the Capo Teulada Permanent Polygon. The purpose of the training activity was to validate the command, control and coordination procedures between the operational, logistic and medical components, within the [...].

Lagunari 'Serenissima': Tradition and Operation - brigadefolgore.net

Lagunari 'Serenissima': handing over the green beret to the new Lagunaris

Venice - An intense and meaningful day saw the Lagunari of the 'Serenissima' Regiment, combining the solemnity of the ceremony and the rigour of operations in a single event. The Chief of Staff of the Army, General of the Army Corps Carmine Masiello, paid tribute to the only amphibious infantry unit of the Italian Army, visiting the facilities of the "Serenissima" Regiment, [...].

Tensions with Morocco, Spain sends the Legion - brigadefolgore.net

Tensions with Morocco, Spain sends the Legion

The Ceuta Tactical Group and the Tercio 'Gran Capitán' 1º de la Legión are the protagonists of a vast security operation conducted under the supervision of the Spanish Defence General Staff (EMAD). As part of the Operation Enhanced Presence, launched in March 2025, the Land Army has intensified its deployment in the autonomous cities of [...]

Russian frigate intercepted near the Strait of Gibraltar - brigadefolgore.net

Russian frigate intercepted near the Strait of Gibraltar

The Spanish Navy intercepted and monitored several Russian naval vessels in transit near waters of national strategic interest. This was announced today by the Spanish Defence General Staff (EMAD) on its Twitter account - accompanied by original images of the close encounter - specifying that the operation took place in waters close to [...].

History of the Amaranth Basque and the Frieze of the Folgore - brigadefolgore.net

History of the Amaranth Basque and the Frieze of the Folgore

10 June 1967 represents a watershed date in the history of the Italian Parachutists. On that day, the Parachute Brigade received authorisation to bear the name 'Folgore'. A direct tribute to the Folgore Parachute Division, which had written one of the most glorious pages of our military history in the sands of El Alamein in 1942. But the [...]

Values, Heroism and Inspiration: Decorated Italian Army Members Meet the New Generations - brigadefolgore.net

Army Decoration Lectures: Inspiration and Values for Young Soldiers

The Italian Army is resolutely renewing its commitment to the moral and professional training of young soldiers, through an initiative with a strong symbolic and educational content: a series of conferences held by personnel decorated for acts of heroism. These meetings, held in cities such as Modena, Capua, Verona, Milan, L'Aquila, Ascoli and Viterbo, at institutes of excellence such as [...].

Rheinmetall acquires Hagedorn-NC for artillery propellants - brigadefolgore.net

Rheinmetall acquires Hagedorn-NC for artillery propellants

Rheinmetall has announced the acquisition of Germany's Hagedorn-NC, a company specialising in the production of nitrocellulose for industrial use. The deal aims to strengthen the supply chain of strategic raw materials for the production of artillery propellants in a European context marked by a strong increase in demand for ammunition and explosives. Nitrocellulose is a [...]

Chilean paratroopers celebrate 60th anniversary - brigadefolgore.net

Chilean paratroopers celebrate 60th anniversary

Chile celebrated an anniversary full of history and meaning: the 60th anniversary of the birth of the national military parachute. This anniversary was marked by the parachutists of the 'Lautaro' Special Operations Brigade (BOE) and the School of Parachutists and Special Forces (ESCPAR y FEs), with a symbolic ceremony in the jump zone of [...].

From Folgore to Space: David Avino leads Italy towards orbital autonomy - brigatafolgore.net

From Folgore to Space: David Avino leads Italy towards orbital autonomy

Italy accelerates on the road to strategic autonomy in space. It has done so by presenting a feasibility study three months in advance for a new satellite constellation dedicated to national security and defence. An orbital network of at least 100 satellites, ready - according to the estimates of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) - within five [...]

General Stefano Mannino leads the understanding between Defence and University: signed the agreement between CASD and the University of Bari - brigatafolgore.net

General Stefano Mannino leads the agreement between Defence and University: signed the agreement between CASD and the University of Bari

At a time in history when cooperation between seemingly distinct worlds is becoming increasingly necessary, an important framework agreement between the University of Bari 'Aldo Moro' and the Centro Alti Studi Difesa/Scuola Superiore Universitaria (CASD/SSU) was signed at the Rector's Office of the University of Bari 'Aldo Moro'. The agreement was signed by the Rector, Prof. Stefano [...]