The aim of the meeting was to take stock of the main issues currently under discussion within the relevant institutions. The meeting provided an opportunity to exchange views and take stock of the main issues currently under discussion within the relevant institutions, such as the implementation of the so-called “Spending Review”, the decrees stemming from Law 244/12 (the so-called Di Paola Law), the freeze on salary increases, the harmonisation of the social security system, the reorganisation of the Armed Forces“ structure, the restructuring of career paths, as well as the proposed reform of the current military representation system and matters of direct interest to the Air Force Schools Command. During the ”three-day event’, individual category meetings were also held for members of the military representation body. During his closing address, the Chairman of the Co.I.R. of the Schools Command, Major Massimo Alligri, thanked the Commander of the SSAM, Colonel Veniero Santoro, for his willingness to host the meeting in Caserta, he emphasised the importance of the Military Representation and how it serves as a voice for the highly specialised personnel of the Italian Air Force, whose professionalism is inherent in every specialist trained at the training institutes – of which the SSAM is one of the most important. The Co.Ce.R. delegate, Chief Marshal Marco Cicala, who, after also thanking Colonel Santoro, praised the Co.Ba.R. in Caserta and the School’s military and civilian staff for the skills and commitment they have demonstrated in their institutional activities. During his address, Colonel Santoro, having thanked all the delegates for their valuable presence at the SSAM, emphasised that “…these meetings provide an opportunity to facilitate the necessary exchange of information upon which the very concept of military representation is based, but above all, they are an opportunity to foster and seek that productive dialogue based on the guidelines provided by the Chief of the Air Force General Staff, which has always enabled the Armed Forces to progress.”
