The 'Aptitud de Guerra Naval Especial' course, aimed at training the Fuerza de Guerra Naval Especial (FGNE) incursors of the Kingdom of Spain's Naval Infantry, the Spanish equivalent of COMSUBIN, once again reaffirmed its extreme rigour. The 2022 edition was cancelled after all candidates were eliminated, highlighting the severity and high [...]
Training in arctic areas is becoming more and more intense for NATO armies. After the Alpini with the CWO exercise in the Arctic environment, hundreds of American and Norwegian paratroopers tested their capabilities in extreme cold conditions as part of Exercise Arctic Shock. The US unit involved was the 11th Airborne Division [...]
The British Army's historic Parachute Regiment, also known as the 'Paras', is in a serious personnel crisis. The British Ministry of Defence has offered £7,500 (around €8,800) to soldiers from other infantry units to join the Parachute Regiment. The unprecedented 'offer', if you want to call it that, was notified to personnel [...].
The memory of Aldo Moro's kidnapping, which took place exactly 46 years ago, on 16 March 1978, still remains an unresolved knot in Italian history. The intricate events surrounding this event continue to arouse questions and reflections. Among the many revelations and little known details, one crucial episode emerges: the moment when [...]
The reflection on military conscription is gaining new momentum in Italy, influenced by the tensions on the international scene and the recent decisions of some NATO member states. Denmark has decided to extend compulsory military service to women and to increase the duration of this service from 4 to 11 months for all [...]
Late yesterday evening, 14 March 2024, the glorious and multi-decorated 186th Parachute Regiment "Folgore" marked the end of its mission in Kosovo by returning to Siena with its War Flag. The return marks the conclusion of an engagement that lasted from November 2023 to March 2024, during which it held the [...]
In a significant moment for the technological evolution of the Armed Forces, Parachute Major General Carmine Masiello, Chief of Staff of the Army, recently participated in a demonstration of the 'IMPERIO' Command and Control system. The event took place at the Experimentation and Operational Integration Department of Ce.Si.Va, highlighting the relevance of the transformation [...]
On a day steeped in history and memory, a delegation from the 185th Parachute Regiment Objective Acquisition Reconnaissance 'Folgore', led by Colonel Marco Margutti, embarked on a significant journey through the key sites of Operation 'Herring', a particularly emblematic episode in Italy's participation in the Second World War. The infiltration and sabotage action, was carried out from the night of 20 [...].
When I joined the Folgore in 1999, a saying circulated in the corridors of the cold dormitories of the Bandini barracks in Siena: 'A paratrooper officer will never make a career. Impossible to see an amaranth beret at the top of the armed forces'. They were talking about Gen. C.A. Franco Angioni, who in the mid-1990s came to be National Director of the [...].
In a significant act of continuity with his military past, General of the Parachute Corps Carmine Masiello, the current Chief of Staff of the Italian Army, today returned to the 185th Parachute Artillery Regiment 'Folgore', located in Bracciano. The visit was a moment full of extraordinary memories, as General Masiello [...].
