In Taranto, celebration for the swearing-in of the 403 Navy and Carabinieri students. Crosetto: “Don’t be heroes, be just”

Ceremony in style for the swearing-in of the Carabinieri and Navy students in Taranto (in the video by Max Perrini). On the morning of Wednesday 17 April, 403 students of the 26th Normal Marshals Course of the NCO School of the Navy of Taranto (239, the new Navy students) and the students of the 142nd Course of the Carabinieri Student School of Taranto swore loyalty to the Republic. Taranto (164). The ceremony took place in the presence of the Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto, as well as the highest civil and military officials. After the parade, the students said the ritual “I swear”, followed by the flight of three Av8 planes. “No one – said Crosetto – asks you and will ever ask you to be or become heroes. You must not be heroes. You must be just. You must learn to discern between good and evil. And you must learn to do it at the right time, when It will be important to remember that the uniform you wear requires you to be fair.” Then a passage to remember the two Apulian soldiers, Francesco Pastore and Francesco Ferraro, who died in a road accident in Campania in recent weeks

by Pierfrancesco Albanese