As we head into a new year, it is time to look forward to the events of 2024. BrigadeFolgore.net has continued to grow and support its mission to tell the story, values and current events of the Italian Paratroopers.
2024 was a historic year for our beloved Brigade and for all Parachutists of every era and generation. On 15 February, for the first time since the existence of the Parachutists' specialty in Italy, a Chief of Staff from the Amaranth Basque was appointed: Gen. C.A. Carmine Masiello.
Then, the intense and relentless year-long training led the Brigade, in September, to experience a strategic change of epochal proportions: the passage under the direct dependencies of COMFOTER, eliminating intermediate commands and aligning the legendary Parachute Brigade with elite units such as COMFOSE (Comando delle Forze Speciali dell'Esercito - Army Special Forces Command) and the Army Aviation Command.
Because, ladies and gentlemen, the Folgore is not an ordinary infantry unit. Get over it.
The change of Brigade Commander, which took place in October 2024 with the alternation between General Mongillo and General Bernacca, marks the continuity of excellence in the Brigade's command.
Instead, the new paratroopers, 171 to be exact, who donned the legendary Basco Amaranto a few weeks ago, embody the future.
The Folgore is there. It has always been there and it will be there again tomorrow, stronger than ever.
We have collected for you the 12 most read pages in 2024a selection that tells of the interest and passion of our readers.
Enjoy your reading and thank you for sharing this journey with us. Forward together towards 2025!
Long live Italy, Long live the Italian Army, Long live the Folgore!
