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A T Table of contents I - S P The Emblem Page 1 R Commander’s Biography “2 O Commander’s Vision “ 3 C Deputy Commander’s Biography “ 4 E COS’ Biography “ 5 L The Corps “ 6 B Location “ 7 A Organisation “ 8 Y Central Staff “ 10 O Operations Division “ 12 L Combat Support Division “ 14 P Combat Service Support Division “ 16 E TRADOC Division “ 18 D Rear Support Command (Division) “ 19 D Communication and Information Systems Division “ 20 I Command Post “ 21 P NATO Response Force (NRF) “ 22 A Italian Support Brigade and its units “ 24 R NRDC-ITA in Afghanistan ( ISAF VIII ) “ 26 O Infrastructures “ 28 Facilities “ 30 T Surroundings “ 32 A N 2008 edition A T The Emblem I - S The history of In 1998, in the P our insignia wake of the restruc - goes back to turing of the Italian rd rd R the 3 Celere Army, the 3 ITA Division, which Corps was trans - during WWII formed into the O bravely fought Projection Forces in the Yugoslav C campaign (1941) and in E Russia (1942) within the Italian L expeditionary Corps. B In 1957, the 3 rd ITA Headquarters (FOP) A Corps was establis - in command and hed in Milan, with control of 3 Brigades Y three Divisions and which were characterized by high mobi - lity and deployability. Support units under O its control. The In 2001, following NATO’s request to Corps played a L provide a High Readiness Force key role in contri - Headquarters, the NATO Rapid buting and suppor - P Deployable Corps (Italy) (NRDC-ITA) was ting the Italian formed and adopted an emblem with a E Contingent deplo - shield divided into two with a sword and yed in Lebanon in 1982. Furthermore, its an eagle head imposed on it. The sword units participated in Operation IBIS in represents the one adopted by the CELE - D Somalia in 1993/4. RE Division during WWII. The eagle head symbolizes the HQ’s high deploy - D ment capability. Finally, in 1997 the I Corps assumed the The colors are the same as those used P Command of Alba Mission in Albania, by the Projection Forces HQ. The A the first multinatio - nal Italian-led mis - shield is surroun - sion ever. ded by another R green shield bea - Fifteen Contributing ring the Corps’ Nations brought name NRDC – ITA humanitarian aid to O and motto “UBIQUE a country that was in a dramatic econo - CELERE,” which is Latin mic and political situation. for “everywhere rapidly.” T A N 1 A LTG Gian Marco Chiarini T I Commander NRDC-ITA - S Lieutenant Genera l Gian (VA), keeping the post until Marco CHIARINI was born in the FOC of the Corps was cer - P 1952, in Ferrara. tified by NATO. R After attending the 153rd In the following tour of duty (1 Military Academy Course March -1 September 2003) (1971-1973) and the Military he was the Commander of O School of Application and Multinational Brigade-SE Specialization in Turin (1973- (Salamander) in Bosnia- 75) he was assigned to the Herzegovina. C Tank Corps and commissioned First Lieutenant. In October 2003 he took over E command of the 132nd In his early career, before “Ariete” Armoured Brigade. attending the Army Staff His command included the L Courses (1975-1982) he was deployment as IT JTF IRAQ Armoured Platoon and Commander in Nassiriyah, B Company Commander as well during the operation “Antica as Service Support Company Babilonia”. While serving in Commander at the 1st Tank IRAQ “Ariete” Brigade was A Battalion "CRACCO" in involved in the know fights of Bellinzago Novarese (NO). 6 April and 14 May 2004 Y with the Shia’a rebel forces of During the periods 1985 - 1986 and 1988-89 he the Ansar al Mahdi. O attended, respectively, the 110th General Staff Course and the 110th Advanced General Staff While serving at the Army General Staff in Rome as L Course, both at the Italian Army War College. Deputy Chief Department for Operations and Training (Nov. 2004 to Dec. 2005) he was promo - In the period 1985-88 he served as Chief ted Lieutenant General (1 Jan 2005). P Information System of the 3rd Army Corps in Milan and, soon after the War College, as Liaison Officer From 6 December 2005 to 5 December 2006 E to the Armoured Centre in Fort Knox, (Ky-USA) Lieutenant General Chiarini commanded EUFOR in (1989-91). Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1991 Gen. CHIARINI took over command of the He assumed the post of Deputy Commander of the D 1st Tank Battalion "CRACCO". Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in Rheindahlen (Germany) on 5 March 2007. D In 1992 he served as ACOS Operation and I Training of the 3rd Army Corps before being Lieutenant Genera l CHIARINI speaks fluent English appointed as Chief of Staff of the 3rd Italian Division and has earned parachute and the patrol course in Milan (1993 -1995). badges. P He attended Turin University where he graduated in As Colonel, he was assigned to the ARRC HQ in History in 1987 and in Military and Strategic A RHEINDAHLEN (GE) as ACOS Combat Support first Science in 2000. and as ACOS Fire Co-ordination afterwards (1996- Lieutenant Genera l CHIARINI 's decorations include, 1998). During ARRC assignment he was deployed among others: in SARAJEVO (BiH) as Deputy Chief of Civil Affairs • Officer of the Military Order of Italy; R of HQ IFOR (1996). • Officer of the Italian Republic Order of Merit; In 1998-99 he was Commanding Officer of the • Silver Cross Army Commendation; O 32nd Tank Regiment in Tauriano (PN) before being • Knight of the Order of San Gregorius assigned back to NATO where he was appointed as Magnus; Joint Operations Branch Chief in AFSOUTH, Naples • “Mauriziana” Medal; T (1999-2000). From Oct. 2000 to Apr. 2001, he • Long Command Silver Medal. was COMKFOR Executive Assistant, in Pristina, • Grand Officer of the Order of the Military Kosovo. Virtue of the Republic of Romania. A On 1 January 2001 he was promoted Brigadier General and in May he was appointed as IT Rapid Lieutenant Genera l CHIARINI is married to Mrs Reaction Corps Chief of Staff in Solbiate Olona Claudia and they have one son, Andrea, 27 N 2 A T Commander’s Address I - S Authorities, kind guests, sol - of the entire HQ I want to P diers of the NATO RAPID thank you for your calm and DEPLOYABLE CORPS ITALY, strong leadership and I wish R It is a great pleasure for me you all the satisfactions you to come back to the unit I left deserve in your next impor - five years ago and in which tant position as COMKFOR. O I served as Chief of Staff. Today, while we are here to Many things have happened celebrate this change of com - C in this period: training, ope - mand, I want to remember all rations, adventures, but I still our colleagues who at this E remember the great dedica - present times are serving L tion and commitment of all outside our country in the personnel of this HQ Afghanistan, Lebanon, Bosnia, when some years ago we Kosovo, and in other difficult B were to obtain the NATO areas. We feel that we are qualification as a recogni - part of the same military A tion of the highest standard family and we are proud of Y of professionalism. what they are doing to bring stability to other coun Most of people have pro - tries. O bably changed in these years, but I am sure that L the enthusiastic feeling of those days is still here I cannot mention all our colleagues operating in and it is up to us to make it work. many different missions without mentioning too all P the other colleagues who are serving in the same This HQ is a concentration of professionalism missions with a different uniform. In the recent E coming from the different nations and we should past we have shared the same risk and sacrifices take advantage of this unique feature, keeping in the name of the values that our nations share. the capability of our unit at the highest level. I am In all that different operational environments we D ready for that and I am sure you have the same have done our duty together establishing a mili - determination. tary partnership that can be a reference point of everybody. D At this moment on my assuming command I would I like to dedicate some words to my friend General May the future bring peace and prosperity to Italy Gay whom I have had the privilege to substitute and to all the friendly nations that are represented P on many appointments on these years. On behalf here today. A R O T A N 3 A MG D. A. Capewell OBE T I Deputy Commander NRDC-ITA - S David Capewell joined the Headquarters (JFHQ) in P Royal Marines in 1979. Ten January 2002 he was years of regimental duty fol - deployed as the Chief of R lowed, which included Operations and Intelli- three Operation BANNER gence to the UK National O deployments and a tour with Contingent Commander for BMATT Zimbabwe. Operation (TELIC (Iraq). He attended the Canadian Returning to the UK he then C Forces Command and Staff led JFHQ planning for College in 1991. Operation CORAL (Congo) E and led a review of the UK On promotion to Lt Col in approach to Campaign L 1994 he was appointed to Planning. He attended the the British Military Advisory Higher Command and Staff B and Training Team South Course (HCSC) in January A Africa as Military Advisor to 2004 and was promoted the transitional Mandela Brigadier General in Y government.