Milan, 14th December 2017 – Yesterday evening, in Palazzo Cusani, Lt. Gen. Roberto Perretti and Senior National Representatives met with the Consuls of the nations contributing to NRDC-ITA’s international Staff.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 13th December 2017 - A two-week refresher on theoretical and practical aspects of planning has been organized by the NRDC-ITA for its Essential Augmentees.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 5-6 December 2017 - NRDC-ITA hosted a two days eNRF Support Concept Seminar chaired by Support Division Chief Brigadier General Luca Fontana. In this seminar, members from the NATO Support Community coming from both NATO Command and Force Structure, shared outcomes identified at the end of the eNRF 18 - preparation phase, when NRDC-ITA has been validated to play the role of Land Component Command (LCC).
Following the Memorandum of Cooperation signed on 5th December 2017, on 18th April 2018, NRDC-ITA welcomed a delegation of about 50 students from "La Cattolica" university led by Prof. Massimo de Leonardis. Milan, 5th December 2017 - The commitment of the NRDC-ITA continues for the realization of the conditions for a closer collaboration with the academic world. Today, NRDC-ITA Chief of Staff, Major General Maurizio RICCÒ, and the Rector of the “Università
Solbiate Olona (VA), 1st December 2017 - This morning, during the flag-raising ceremony, Lieutenant General Roberto PERRETTI, Commander of the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy, delivered to the Brigadier General Andrea BERTOCCHI, DCOS Ops of the NRDC-ITA, the Legion of Merit, a military award granted by the President of the United States of America.
Milan, 30th November 2017 - A large international parterre participated the first NRDC-ITA seminar on “NATO Stability Policing and Strategic Direction South” held in Milan at “Palazzo Cusani”.
Parma, 28th November 2017 - Today, at Parma University, Major General Maurizio Riccò, NRDC-ITA Chief of Staff, held a lesson on the subject “new international threats and the role of NATO”. Highly appreciated by the students of the department of law, politics and international studies, this activity is another tangible outcome following the sign of the Memorandum of Cooperation who took place last 5th September.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 23rd November 2017 - The 14th Annual Plenary Meeting took place yesterday at the “Ugo Mara” barracks, headquarters of the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps-Italy. Conducted under the coordination of the Italian Defence General Staff, the conference was aimed at refining the structure of the NRDC-ITA HQ so to adapt to the emerging crisis and to the requirements of the Alliance in term of combat readiness and deployment capabilities.
Naples, 14th November 2017 – A new Memorandum of Cooperation has just been signed by the NRDC-ITA and “l’Orientale” University of Naples, an event which marks the will of creating favourable condition for the implementation of the Comprehensive Approach.
Ulm (Germany), 8th november 2017. On 6th and 7th November, a team of NRDC-ITA took part at the Multinational Joint HQ (MNJHQ) "Hybrid Warfare Seminar" in Ulm. A prime on its own kind, the Seminar was an interagency and common effort to understand the Hybrid domain, its features and its challenges for NATO Commanders.
On November 4th, Italy celebrates its National Unity and Armed Forces Day. In the anniversary of the victory of WWI, the country remembers the culmination of the process of Independency finally completed with the annexation of the cities of Trento and Trieste and pays honour to the fallen. At the “Ugo MARA” Barracks, as well as in the rest of the Country, took place the celebration of “National Unity and Armed Forces Day”. The commemoration started on November 3rd when personne
Solbiate Olona (VA), 24th October 2017 – Today, at Ugo Mara barracks, Major General Maurizio Riccò, NRDC-ITA Chief of Staff, presented the students who participated in the exercise Brilliant Ledger 2017 with a certificate of appreciation.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 19th October 2017 – The NRDC-ITA Spanish contingent celebrated today, at the Ugo Mara barracks, “la Fiesta Nacional”, the Spanish national day and Day of the Armed Forces. In the presence of the Deputy Commander, Major General Sir Edward Alexander Smyth-Osbourne and the Consul General of Spain in Milan, Mr. Antonio Cosano Pérez, representatives from the thirteen contributing Nations gathered together to celebrate the “Encounter of Two Worlds”.
NATO certifies the NRDC-ITA as a Land Component Command for eNRF 2018 Bellinzago Novarese (Novara), 12 October 2017. NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy has successfully completed its “Brilliant Ledger 2017” exercise and achieved its certification. Brilliant Ledger was a command-post exercise, based on a complex scenario able to test the most delicate aspects of modern crises and conflicts.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 28th September 2017 - Today, at Ugo Mara barracks, NRDC-ITA Commander, Lieutenant General Roberto Perretti welcomed Lieutenant General Darryl A. Williams, Commander of NATO Headquarters Allied Land Command in Izmir, Turkey.
Rome, 26th September 2017 - The NRDC-ITA makes a step forward for the implementation of the Comprehensive Approach signing a Memorandum of Cooperation with LUISS (Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli) – independent university in Rome. The agreement has been signed by the Rector of the University, Prof. Paola SEVERINO, Giovanni Lo Storto, the University General Manager, and Maj. Gen. Maurizio RICCÒ, NRDC-ITA Chief of Staff.
Solbiate Olona(VA), 15th September 2017 - The Combat Readiness Evaluation (CREVAL) phase 1 is now completed. Observers and evaluators from sister and parent headquarters of the NATO Command and Force Structure for a whole week have been revising the NRDC-ITA procedures and manning in order to thoroughly assess the preparation of our HQ to take the responsibility as Land Component Command of the NATO Response Force, a role to be covered starting from January 2018.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 13th September 2017 - Following the signing of a cooperation agreement between CIELS (International European Centre for Foreign Languages) and the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy a meeting was held today at the “Ugo Mara” barracks between Prof. Simone BORILE, General Manager of the Institute, and Major General Maurizio RICCÒ, Chief of Staff of the NRDC-ITA.
Parma, 5th September 2017 - The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) between Parma University and the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy was held on 5th September 2017.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 31st August 2017 - The NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy hosted the Mission Rehearsal Exercise (MRE) of Exercise “Brilliant Ledger 2017”. This exercise is one of the main efforts to face the NATO certification as Land Component Command (LCC) for the international staff and the subordinate Units of the HQ.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 21st July 2017 - The "Bad Company 2017" exercise just ended so concluding the Tactical Planning Module of the 2nd Course for Company/ Battery/ Squadron Commanders, organized by the Army Training Command and Application School in cooperation with the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps - Italy (NRDC-ITA).
Milan, 19th July 2017 - The NRDC-ITA and its Civil-Military Cooperation cell (CIMIC) has organised the seminar under the title of “Migrant crisis in the Mediterranean: from the emergency to a new strategy" in order to analyse the humanitarian situation in the Mediterranean both from a military and civilian point of view, as well as its direct and indirect impact on the migration flows and the possible role of NATO and International Organizations, in coping with this delicate issue.
SOLBIATE OLONA (VA), 17th July 2017 - Today at the “Ugo Mara Barracks” in Solbiate Olona (VA), the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy (NRDC-ITA) multinational Staff celebrated La Fête Nationale.
NRDC-ITA hosted a new training event, a professional workshop focused on discussing all relevant challenges related to Peace Support Operations (PSO).
Solbiate Olona (VA), 6th July 2017 - The NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy hosted a second Land Component Command Commanders' Conference. Aimed at assessing the status of preparation, this event offers a deeper understanding of the readiness requirements to be met as the NRDC-ITA face the certification as Land Component Command (LCC) of the NATO Response Force (NRF), role to be covered for a year stand-by period (as of 1 January 2018).
SOLBIATE OLONA (VA), 4th July 2017. Today the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy (NRDC-ITA) staff is glad to celebrate the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress proclaiming the Thirteen Nations as a new one, no longer part of the British Empire.
The Exercise BRIGHT ARMOURED 2017 (BRAD 17) is complete. Defined to test interoperability among task forces assigned to Italian Army Armoured “Ariete” Brigade in its role of NATO VJTF(L) (Very high readiness Joint Task Force Land). Interoperability refers to the ability of different military organisations to effectively exercise and conduct joint operations, allowing forces, units or systems to operate together.
A new release of “Everywhere Rapidly”, the NRDC-ITA magazine, is now available. A second stand-by year as Joint Task Force HQ is about to finish while the NRDC-ITA is preparing for its Combat Readiness evaluation (CREVAL) as Land Component Command of the enhanced NATO Response Force (eNRF), a responsibility to be taken starting from 2018.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 27th June 2017 - Today a Disaster Relief Operations Study Day took place in the premises of the Ugo Mara barracks. Successful disaster relief missions are characterised by the ability of professionals to cope with time pressure, high uncertainty and unusual restrictions. The event has been designed as an introduction to the coordination and management of humanitarian aid and emergency response logistics.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 22nd June 2017 - More than 250 NRDC-ITA Italian staff personnel gave the final test after the entry level of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) course, held at Ugo Mara barracks over last week.
Cannero Riviera (VB), 14th June 2017. A solidarity initiative has just been completed in favour of the Robert Hollman foundation, a Dutch private, non-profit organization, that deals with advice and support to the development of visually impaired children and their families.
Festa della Repubblica (Republic Day) is the Italian National Day and Republic Day, which is celebrated on 2nd June each year. The day commemorates the institutional referendum held by universal suffrage in 1946, in which the Italian people were called to the polls to decide on the form of government, following the Second World War and the fall of Fascism.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 30th May 2017 - Today the NRDC-ITA Extraordinary Plenary Conference took place at “Ugo Mara” barracks. The event, chaired by NRDC-Italy DCOS Support, Brigadier General (ITA-A) Luca FONTANA, has seen the participation of qualified representatives from the Italian Defence and Italian Army General Staff, as well as Senior National Representatives of the Troup Contributing Nations to the HQs.
SOLBIATE OLONA (VA), 27th May 2017. Today at "Ugo Mara" barracks, NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy held their fourteenth International Day, a Day for charity.
Gallarate (VA), 25th May 2017. The NIWIC - NRDC-ITA Women's International Club (NIWIC) – continues its effort in favour of young patients of the paediatric wards of “ASST Valle Olona” hospitals.
Solbiate Olona (VA) – 24 May 2017. Today, at Ugo Mara barracks, NRDC-ITA Commander, Lieutenant General Roberto PERRETTI, welcomed Lieutenant General (HE A) Dimitrios BIKOS, NRDC-GR Commander.
Kaunas (Lithuania) – 22 May 2017. The "NATO Steadfast Cobalt 2017" exercise enters its most demanding phase. Run by 50 servicepersons from the J6 of the NRDC-Italy (NATO's Rapid Deployable Corps-Italy) and the 1st Italian Signal Regiment, this exercise involves soldiers from 35 units of the NATO Force Structure and from 25 Alliance nations.
SOLBIATE OLONA (VA), 19th May 2017 - Today at the “Ugo Mara Barracks” in Solbiate Olona (VA), home of the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy (NRDC-ITA), the multinational Staff celebrated the Hungarian National Day.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 13th May 2017 - A new and more inclusive edition of the Basic Life Support-Defibrillation (BLS-D) Course took place at the “Ugo MARA” Barracks. On the request of the Istituto Comprensivo Statale “A. MORO”, 20 teachers from nursery, elementary and middle school of the cities of Solbiate Olona and Gorla Maggiore (VA), have been admitted to this dedicated session of training.
Solbiate Olona, 9th May 2017. The NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy hosted the Eagle Eye 2017. This event set the base line for future training activities of the HQ and this year has been focused on the “Crises and NATO role in the Strategic Direction South”. The seminar has brought experts and academics to the “Ugo Mara” barracks for a qualified point of view on the situation on the so called Southern Flank of the Alliance, in other words on the Mediterranean and Middle East area.
SOLBIATE OLONA (VA), 5th May 2017. A five-day training session on medium-term planning just ended. This advancedtraining opportunity has been organized by the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy (NRDC-ITA) in favor of Officers of the Italian Army and represents a step ahead in their preparation to be integrated as Essential Augmentees of the HQ, or Liaison Officers from its subordinate units.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 28th April 2017. Today, in the presence of the NRDC-Italy Commander, Lt. Gen. Roberto PERRETTI, the Meggitt FATS100MIL system has been tested and evaluated. This is “a major expansion in weapons training capability” for the HQ.
Solbite Olona (VA), “Ugo Mara” Barracks, 27-28th April 2017. NRDC-Italy and the Women’s International Club (NIWIC) organized a Basic Life Support-Defibrillation (BLS-D) course, for the benefit of NIWIC and family members.
On 27th April 2017, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, visited the Republic of Italy and met with the President of the Council of Ministers, Mr. Paolo Gentiloni.
Today, 7 April, Prof. General (Ret) Zoltán Szenes, Professor of Security and Defence Studies and former Chief of Defence of Hungary, together with 17 students of the Hungarian National University of Pubblic Service visited the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy, welcomed by Lieutenant General Roberto Perretti, Commander NRDC-Italy, and Major General Sir Edward Alexander Smyth-Osbourne, NRDC-Italy Deputy Commander.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 27th-31st March - NRDC-ITA HQ conducted ACO Combat Readiness Evaluation (CREVAL) Course for Land Forces.
Solbiate Olona, 23 March 2017. Today, at the “Ugo Mara” Barracks, members from 13 different Nations came together to celebrate the Hellenic National Day.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 22th march 2017. Today a donation took place in favour of the children of the paediatric ward of Busto Arsizio Hospital.
Milan, 19th March 2017 - 410 runners from the NRDC-ITA and subordinate units participated in the 46th edition of the Stramilano, a traditional event Milan organizes for running enthusiasts
On 7th March, Lieutenant General Roberto PERRETTI, NRDC-Italy Commander has been received by Admiral Michelle HOWARD, Allied Joint Force Command - Naples (JFC-NP) Commander.
Solbiate Olona (VA), 23rd January 2017. A NATO Mobile Educational Training Team (METT), from the NATO School of Oberammergau (DEU), joined NRDC-Italy to start a two-weeks course in favour of Ugo Mara international staff and selected Italian Army Officers.
NRDC-ITA staff is proud to present the third release of 2016 “Everywhere Rapidly”. On this issue you can read about how NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy is facing training events on the path to validation as a Land Component Command (LCC), role to be covered in 2018, being in the very middle of its second year as a stand-by Joint Task Force (JTF).
