On Wednesday, December 20, in the presence of Brigadier General Fabio Morgagni, Director of the Military Institute of Aerospace Medicine in Rome, The ceremony of succession took place at the Officers’ Club of the Military Airport of Bari Palese. Colonel Felice Ruberto and the Colonel Mattia Ciriello in the position of Director of the Military Department of Forensic Medicine and Aeromedical Psychophysiological Centre from Bari.
The event was attended by the former Directors and all the staff.
It Colonel Ruberto, In his farewell speech, he wished to highlight the numerous activities carried out during the period of Command, which have earned praise and deep appreciation from the top leadership of the Armed Forces for the work of the two entities. He wished to thank all the military and civilian personnel who, through their daily commitment, have enabled the desired results to be achieved thanks to an intense collaboration. He also thanked General Morgagni “for being a point of reference”. The incoming Director wished a period of Command full of successes and rewards.
After reading the agenda, the Colonel Ciriello, Thanking the higher authorities for the trust placed in him, he said he was honored to have been entrusted with such a prestigious assignment and expressed his willingness to work to the utmost of his abilities to enable the two entities to fulfill the assigned tasks and to increase the unquestionable standard of excellence. He also encouraged the staff to continue performing their work with the same enthusiasm and motivation as a result of effective cooperation among the various professional groups in achieving the institutional goals set in the path traced by his predecessors, as well as to improve the standards of excellence achieved so far.
It General Fabio Morgagni, In taking the floor, he thanked the kind guests for their presence at the ceremony and expressed his deep appreciation for the work of Colonel Ruberto “for the undisputed professionalism and determination with which he led the Department and the Center during his period of command, and for the brilliant results achieved”.
Turning then to the staff, he wished to thank them for the commitment they had shown in carrying out the unique activities of both the entities in the service of the Armed Forces and the country. He then offered his best wishes to Colonel Ciriello for the future challenges and a fruitful period of command in accordance with the fundamental values on which the Armed Forces are founded.
Alongside the ceremony, the new Reception Hall of the Psychophysiological Aeromedical Center was inaugurated; within this context, a commemorative work was placed, consisting of a model of an MB 339 aircraft on which the names of the successive directors are inscribed, intersecting with a wooden staff of the Aesculapius.
The D.M.M.L. of Bari Palese is an inter-departmental Medical Legal Structure, at the service of the Armed Forces and all Public Administrations for the definition of medical legal procedures of various nature. It is a highly specialized healthcare structure, both in the field of forensic medicine and in specialist medicine.
The Bari Palese CAP carries out activities in the field of flight fitness on behalf of the Director of the IMAS in Rome for air navigation personnel for the purpose of exercising their flight duties. Specifically, it assesses the possession of Military Fitness by military and civil air navigation personnel and CSA-TA/DA personnel, in addition to the fitness activity for joining the Armed Forces.
