Arkansas deploys National Guard soldiers to the US-Mexico border

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the deployment of Arkansas National Guard soldiers to the southern US border in Texas to assist state authorities in their efforts to combat illegal immigration. Approximately 40 members of the Arkansas National Guard will be deployed from 1 April to 30 May in Eagle Pass, Texas, as confirmed by the [...]

Extreme selectivity of the Spanish Navy: only three trainees survive the FGNE 2024 raid course

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 [...]

US paratroopers in Norway for Arctic Shock Exercise

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 [...]

Operation Smeraldo, when the Navy Commando were close to Moro's hideout

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 [...]

General Masiello at the demonstration of the 'IMPERIO' System: Towards a Digital Future for the Army

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 [...]

The 185th RRAO 'Folgore' visits the historical sites of Operation Herring

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 [...].

The changing wind, paratroopers at the top - brigatafolgore.net

The changing wind, Paratroopers at the top

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 [...].

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