Colonel Stasolla succeeded Colonel Immella on Wednesday, July 18th. At the Munition and Armament Logistics Center in Orte (VT), the command changeover ceremony took place between Colonel Giuseppe Immella, outgoing commander, and Colonel Pasquale Gulio Stasolla, incoming commander. The ceremony, presided over by the Commander of the 2nd Division of the Air Force Logistics Command, Brigadier General Maurizio Astolfi, was attended by all military and civilian personnel of the Center, as well as the Prefect of Viterbo, Dr. Giovanni Bruno, the highest military, civil and religious authorities of the territory, the flag of the city of Orte, decorated with a bronze medal for civil valor, and the flags of the Combatant and Arms Associations. During his farewell speech, Colonel Immella, after thanking all the authorities who intervened at the ceremony, wanted to make the present participants aware of the importance and the exceptionality of his long command experience, lasting almost 4 years, emphasizing the ’unique and rewarding feeling of being the reference of a community, of having the enormous responsibility and duty to manage, before even military and civilian personnel, men and women, to entrust them with the necessary tools to carry out the task assigned to them, but always taking into account their needs“. Colonel Immellaha subsequently wanted to emphasize the objectives he had set and achieved during his term of office, such as making the Department more efficient by improving its living conditions, in the belief that the most important resource is always the human one. Colonel Stasolla, after thanking the Commander of the 2nd Division of the Logistics Command for the trust placed in him, guaranteeing the fullest possible availability and the use of the best resources in the new and important assignment, addressed the staff, emphasizing: ”The exciting result of your work represents for me the certainty that I can always count on your complete availability and active collaboration in order to continue to fulfill, to the best of my ability, the mandate entrusted to this Center.” Brigadier General Astolfi, during his speech, after greeting the local authorities present, thanked Colonel Immella, congratulating him ”for the remarkable results achieved in the overall scope of the activities carried out, both in the strictly technical field and in the management area, the evident progress, and the innovation promoted also in the organization of work, which he has further expanded in this reality.“ Finally addressing Colonel Stasolla, he added ”I am confident of his commitment and dedication as well as his professionalism“, assuring the support and collaboration of the 2nd Division. The ceremony concluded with the signing of the Honor Roll.
