The meeting took place from June 20 to 22 at the Air Academy and the A.M. Specialist School.
Dal 20 al 22 June 2022 The meeting was held 7th meeting of Presidents of the Non-Commissioned Officers, Corporals and Enlisted Personnel (SGMT) A.M. hosted – with an innovative formula – at the’Italian Air Force Academy of Pozzuoli and the School of AM Specialists Caserta.
During the course of first day At the meeting in Pozzuoli, the Presidents of the Sub-officers, Graduates and Military of the A.M. Corps, led by President Head, 1st Lieutenant Giuseppe Giannetti, were welcomed by Commander of the Air Force Academy, General of the Air Brigade Paolo Tarantino, and they met Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General of the Air Force Luca Goretti, accompanied by Deputy Chief of Staff of the AM., General of the Air Force Aurelio Colagrande.
The prestigious headquarters of the Air Academy provided the opportunity for the Chief of Staff to highlight the importance of training, where “The Air Force’s business card is being built”. Turning then to the Chief President and to all the Presidents for the valuable work carried out in the Departments of their respective responsibilities, he declared:“The recent successes of the Armed Forces highlight Our peculiarity as military personnel, true witnesses of what we do… yours It is a crucial role: give me a hand!”. Subsequently, the Deputy Head of SMA focused his attention on programs of the short- to medium-term, focusing especially on those related to revision of the training procedures for Sub-Officers and, in general, on the reengineering of the training courses. At the conclusion of the program conducted at the Air Academy, Col. Alessandro Losio of the 4th SMA Division He outlined the vast program of revaluation of the Air Force’s real estate assets, called “Blue Airports”.
In Caserta, In the following days, the Presidents of the SGMT – to whom the Commander of the Specialist School, Colonel Roberto Impegno, addressed a warm “Welcome back home”– deepened the topics on the agenda of the meeting, with the aim of increasingly strengthening the network of awareness, experience, and Expertise to be put together as a team to work together, exchanging experiences on the field in a spirit of sharing Best practices and some Lessons learned. The event was also an opportunity to comparison on pressing issues related to the role of the SGMT President, both in organizational aspects, in order to achieve adequate representation, also at inter-branch and international level, and in the fundamental aspect of increasingly providing support to the command action and serving as a reference for all SGMT personnel.
During the second day of the meeting, the 130 Presidents Those who came to Caserta were able to listen to the speeches and interact with the Commander of the Air Squad, General of the Air Force Alberto Biavati, followed by the General of the Air Brigade Roberto Di Marco (Flight Safety Inspector) and Gen. B.A. Alberto Surace (Head of the 1st Department of the S.M.A.), in addition to the intervention of Commissionership and Administration Service of the Logistics Command, led by Col. CCrn Salvino Onofrio Salamone. Also present on the last day of the meeting were Logistics Commander, General of the Air Force Roberto Comelli, Director of the D.I.P.M.A. Air Division General Fabio Sardone and the Episcopal vicar for the AM. Don Antonio Coppola. The session then concluded with a videoconference intervention by Commander of the A.M./3rd Air Region Schools, General of the Air Force Silvano Frigerio.
At the end the President Head, 1st Lieutenant Giuseppe Giannetti, emphasized: “It was a three-day period of intense work and discussion that, drawing on the reflections proposed by Mr. Capo of SMA, enabled all of us to increase our awareness of being an increasingly valuable resource for all personnel and an indispensable point of reference for our Commander, clearly perceiving the profound trust and esteem that the leadership of the Armed Forces places in us.“.
The appointment of the President of the Sub-Officers, Graduates and Military Personnel was established in 2014 from the directive on the organization of the Armed Forces (OD-1), with advisory role for the Commander on matters concerning Sub-officers, Graduates and Military Personnel, regarding compliance with discipline and of regulations.
It President Chief S.G.M.T. of the Air Force is identified among the current Presidents of the various Departments of the F.A. and appointed directly from the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. In addition to being connecting ring Between the High Authority and the represented staff, the Chief President deals with coordination of the activities of the Presidents who operate in the Departments of the Air Force and is a figure of reference for international and inter-force exchange relations.
The’Air Force Academy and the School of Specialists of the Italian Air Force The organizations that hosted the event depend on the Command of the Air Force Schools/3rd Air Region.
The Aeronautical Academy it is a military institute of higher studies University character which has the task of providing for recruitment and to training young people aspiring to become Officials of the Air Force. Attending the Regular Courses Admission to the Academy allows one to become Sublieutenants in the Regular Active Service of the Air Force, in the Normal Navigation Role (pilots) and in the Normal Role of the Weapons, Air Engineering, the Corps of Commissariat Aeronautico and the Air Medical Corps. At the Institute, courses are also held for Officer Trainees (Supplementary and Fixed-Term Pilots) and Sublieutenants appointed directly (both in the Normal Role and the Special Role); finally, in the Academy’s Study Plan, courses with a specialized focus are provided.
The School of Specialists It is a military educational institute for activities of Initial basic training, Specialized technical training, Training, updating, specialization, qualification and retraining of staff of the Air Force, the Other Armed Forces, Armed Corps and non-State forces, as well as personnel of foreign Armed Forces.
