Roberto Vannacci returns to the field. From December 4th, the general will be transferred to Rome where he will assume the role of “chief of staff of the command of land operational forces/operational command of the army”. This is what La Gazzetta di Lucca reports on its website. The general, made famous by the book “The Upside Down World”, had been replaced by the command of the Military Geographic Institute. The Tuscan newspaper emphasizes that the new position is at the top of the Army. The command to which he has now been assigned, reports La Gazzetta di Lucca, is «one of the main areas of the Italian army and is responsible for directing preparation activities and constitutes the staff of the Army General Staff for issues related to the generation of forces for operations, training, readiness, simulation, validation/certification/standardization of GUs and operational units and tactical information”.
«On December 4th I will be in Rome to carry out my new duties as Chief of Staff of the Land Operational Forces Command. An appointment in accordance with my position, my function and my experience.” General Roberto Vannacci told Adnkronos after the news of his new mission. «A prestigious role – explains Vannacci – that I will assume with great determination and passion and that will take me to the capital where I will serve. A command that deals with the validation of units that must leave with operational functions abroad, their preparation, their training.” Vannacci, author of the book «The world upside down», center of numerous controversies, explains that he was always “absolutely convinced that he did not violate any legal or disciplinary rules. Just as I was sure that once the investigations were carried out everything would return to normal. I never feared for my career, despite the controversies.” Would you rewrite a book? «If I had to make the first phone call – he jokes – I would turn to Matteo Pucciarelli and Aldo Cazzullo to repeat the marketing operation that brought so much success to my book in Italy and with four contracts signed with publishers abroad who will publish in Germany, Romania, Spain and Slovenia”.
Source: IL Tempo
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