{"id":17796,"date":"2025-04-24T18:37:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T17:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/?p=17796"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:54:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:54:39","slug":"ex-amaranth-beret-il-187-reggimento-folgore-si-addestra-con-la-173-airborne-brigade-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/former-amaranth-beret-the-187th-folgore-regiment-trains-with-the-173rd-airborne-brigade-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Amaranth Beret: 187th Regiment 'Folgore' trains with the 173rd US Airborne Brigade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Altopascio (LU) \/ Valle Ugione (LI) - April 2025.<\/strong> The exercise was recently concluded 'Amaranth Beret'<\/strong>which featured the amaranth berets of the 187th Parachute Regiment 'Folgore'<\/a><\/strong> and a platoon of paratroopers from the 173rd U.S. Army Airborne Brigade<\/strong>stationed at the 'Ederle' Barracks in Vicenza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A training event of international significance, which is part of the joint activities of the so-called 'Airborne Community'<\/strong>a network of allied paratroop units, united by a desire to maintain high operational standards, interoperability and cohesion in joint operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exercise objectives: cooperation, speed, effectiveness<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of the exercise was twofold, strengthen cooperation between Italian and US elite units<\/strong>on the other, test and refine the ability to plan and conduct joint airborne operations<\/strong>in realistic and complex scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An opportunity to \"mutual training<\/strong>\"Valuable', which allowed both contingents to compare different but complementary procedures, techniques and approaches, with a view to continuous tactical and technical evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Italian and American amaranth berets train in synergy - \u00a9 Italian Army<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Phase 1: Joint Forcible Entry Operation on the DZ 'Nella'<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The first part of the exercise took place in the Launch area 'Nella' in Altopascio (LU)<\/strong>. Here, Italian and American paratroopers operated side by side in a Joint Forcible Entry Operation (JFEO)<\/strong>military action aimed at conquest and consolidation of a strategic objective through aviation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The activity required a high capacity for rapid planning, coordination between multiple assets and reactivity in dealing with environmental and operational variables, simulating high-intensity scenarios, such as interventions in hostile theatres or occupied by enemy forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Combat training in urban areas - \u00a9 Italian Army<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Phase 2: urban combat and C-IED countermeasures<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The second phase took place in theValle Ugione training area (LI)<\/strong>where personnel were engaged in complex exercises, with particular emphasis on the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT)<\/strong>operations in urban environments, among the most insidious and challenging for combat troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the main activities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n