The swearing-in ceremony of the 16nd course of Military School "Nunziatella", in front of the glorious Institute Flag, decorated with the Bronze Medal for Army Valor.
The event was attended by numerous civil, religious and military authorities including the President of the Campania Region Dr. Vincenzo De Luca, the Prefect Dr. Carmela Pagano, General Rolando Mosca Moschini and the Gold Medal for Military Valor, General of Corps Army of the Carabinieri Rosario Aiosa, former student of the school and godfather of the 232nd course. The 88 students, including 25 women, were framed by numerous Labari of the Combat and Weapon Associations, the banners of the metropolitan city of Naples and the Campania Region and the thousands of ex-students who came to gather around the young sworn members.
During his speech, the Undersecretary of State for Defense Tofalo he pointed outMilitary schools are a driving force behind Defense. This is where the ruling class of the future is born. Dear boys, you have made a choice that will engage you for life. Honor it. By swearing allegiance to the Republic, you are even more aware Italian citizens and your guiding star will always remain the national interest and the good of the country. Family members say I am proud of their children for the choice they made. Defense is. I am".
The general Flour during his speech, he thanked the relatives of the students, the alumni and all the Neapolitan citizens and subsequently, turning to the jurands, he recalled that “the words of the oath pronounced a little while ago will be the North Star that will guide your path from today. Their meaning is to face study, work and life head on, with courage and determination but also with generosity, self-denial and altruism ”.
The Head of SME then highlighted the project on the Great European Nunziatella aimed at promoting the role of Rosso Maniero also in the future, transforming the institute according to the most modern concepts, both from an educational as well as an infrastructural and functional point of view, making it become a innovative and up-to-date center, also open to other nations.
The highlight of the Ceremony was the symbolic delivery of the sword to a First Year student by a third year student; the sword, emblem belonging to the Military School "Nunziatella", represents the important passage of deliveries, traditions and values that are passed down to the new generations.
The unique frame of the event was the monumental Piazza del Plebiscito, packed by family members, relatives and ex-students, who came for the occasion from all over Italy to attend the ceremony, thus marking the solemnity of the moment and accompanying, ideally almost by hand, the students at this time of growth.
The training regiment, thus constituted, under the orders of the Commander of the “Nunziatella” Military School, Colonel Amedeo Cristofaro, saw among its ranks the Army Band and the School's Drums Battery.
The Military School "Nunziatella", founded the 18 November 1787 as Royal Military Academy, based on the hill of Pizzofalcone in Naples, in the historic building that housed it since its foundation, is one of the oldest military training institutes in Italy and of the world.
For the role played in the three centuries of activity in the higher education sector, as an academic, social and economic engine for Italy and for all the Mediterranean countries linked to it, it has been declared "Historical and cultural heritage of the Mediterranean countries ”, By the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean.
Since its origins, the school has been a place of high military and civil training, hence the motto "I prepare for life and arms", and has had among its professors and students personalities of high value, recognized both nationally and internationally.