The members of the 12th “Onuris” Course were proclaimed Doctors in Organizational and Management Sciences in the presence of General S.A. Ottone. At the event, chaired by Air Force General Mario Renzo Ottone, Commander of the Schools/3rd Air Region of Bari, participated Prof. Alessandro Ruggieri, Director of the Department of Economics and Enterprise and delegate of Prof. Marco Mancini, Rector Magnificus of the University of Tuscia, the lecturers of the theses, the civil and military authorities of the city, the families of the graduates and a representative of the permanent staff.
The ceremony began with the intervention of Colonel Antonio Coppola, Commander of the School of Marshals of the Air Force and of the Viterbo Airport, who recalled that all activities of the Armed Forces, and therefore also those related to training, must be inspired and guided by the dissemination of the doctrine of aerospace power. To this end, Colonel Coppola emphasized that the School has implemented a number of strategic activities, including the continuous revision of study plans, an approach to teaching activities through innovative methodologies, the rationalization of structural and economic resources, the search for inter-service synergies, and the dissemination of the English language, considered essential in a perspective of interoperability.
Subsequently, Professor Ruggieri, after formulating his “Sincere and objective compliments for the accuracy, professionalism and attention of the School in the training of its students, highlighted by the creation of training programs that are coherent not only from a technical and professional point of view but also in the most purely cultural aspect.”This commitment of the University of Tuscia to the military world is a constant commitment to the development and implementation of training programs in relevant fields, relationships that give the University visibility in the territory and in the world of work. At the end of the speech, Professor Ruggieri pronounced the customary formula for the proclamation of the 112 new doctors.
At the end of the event, Air Force General Ottone stated that he was particularly pleased to participate in such an important moment for the Armed Forces but especially for the Marshals of the 12th Course who are reaching the culmination of their training today. For General Ottone, training represents a fundamental step in the professional path of the military and is instrumental in ensuring an agile, flexible, deployable, interoperable and highly technological Armed Forces such as the Aeronautica Militare. The Commander of the Schools/3rd Air Region officially concluded the course of studies in Organizational and Management Sciences of the 12th Course “Onuris”.
During the ceremony, the first three ranked in the Course were awarded based on the average of the taught material: Marshal Michele Aversano, 3rd ranked, Marshal Giancarlo Narciso, 2nd ranked, and Marshal Vincenzo Nicassio, 1st ranked.
The event also represented the opportunity for the first official visit of Air Force General Ottone to Viterbo. In the afternoon, therefore, the Commander of the Schools/3rd Air Region attended an informative briefing by Colonel Coppola on the Department and the activities carried out, on the factors of criticality and those of strength.
Subsequently, General of Squadron Aere Ottone visited the school’s logistical and educational facilities, in particular the accommodations for participants in refresher courses, the sports facilities, the “33” building, which has recently been completely restored and converted into laboratories, and where he was able to witness the potential of the facility and the educational aids present; the shooting range in the gallery, the area reserved for the Solemn Oath, a building dedicated to student residence, and finally, a recently renovated building that is currently being furnished.
By signing the Honor Roll, General Ottone called the Viterbo School a “a flagship of the Armed Forces’ educational system”.
