BRIGATA SASSARI: GEN. ARTURO NITTI E' IL 42° COMANDANTE

© 2014 - www.conlabrigatasassari.sardinia.it SASSARI, SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 - General Arturo Nitti is the new commander of the SASSARI Brigade. The handover of command to the 41st Commander, Manlio Scopigno, took place during a ceremony that also marked the return of the SASSARI to Sardinia after a six-month deployment in Afghanistan leading the ISAF mission in the western region of the Asian country. The ceremony, attended by the Commander of the 207th Afghan Army Corps, General Taj Mohammad Jahed, expressed his gratitude for the work of the Italian Armed Forces. The handover of command of the SASSARI took place after the rendering of honors to the War Flags of the 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment, the 151st and 152nd Infantry Regiments, and the 5th Engineer Corps by the Commander of the 2nd Defense Forces Command, General Carmine De Pascale, in the presence of the Regional Councilor for Industry, Maria Grazia Piras, delegated by the President of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, Francesco Pigliaru, and the President of the Sardinian Regional Council, Gianfranco Ganau. Former Defense Minister Mario Mauro and numerous other Sardinian civil, academic, religious, and military authorities attended. Watch the entire handover ceremony in the video. © 2014 - www.conlabrigatasassari.sardinia.it