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participation by civilian and military teams across the nation in the various categories involved, succeeding in the aim of promoting equestrian sports activity.
In September the annual re-enacte- ment of the “Isbuschenskij’s charge” and the related Russian campaign events (World War II) took place. 2023 marked 81 years since the last epic horse mounted charge in military history, for which the regimental standard was awarded the golden medal for military valour. During the ceremony was also celebrated the tenth anniversary of Savoia’s transforma- tion to its new prominent role as Recce component of the Airborne Brigade “Folgore”, which has been undergoing since September 2013.
In the second part of the year, the squadrons put their effort in reorganizing
after the operational tours in Lebanon and Hungary and preparing for the forth- coming Homeland Security
operation named “Strade
Spanish and British paratroopers joined interdiction operations of BLUEFOR.
Sicure” in which they will be engaged by December on in the cities of Milan and Rome.
Horse mounted training activities and equestrian competitions also were hosted
The successful cooper- ation experienced during Mangusta exercise as part of the QDG visit to “Savoia”, along with the initial visit paid to the QDG garrison in Swanton Morley, provided us with a very interesting insight concerning each regiment’s peculiar capa- bilities and the will to seek opportunities for future cross training events aimed at developing integration and cooperation with QDG as a fellow cavalry unit and recognized element of the
In November 2023 a last
Airborne Brigade wide field
training exercise was organ-
ized and carried out in the
training areas between
the cities of Livorno and
Siena. The exercise, code
named “Mangusta”, saw our
regiment perform OPFOR
duties while conducting counterinterdiction activ-
ities in a warfighting
context. “Savoia” units were successfully augmented by a QDGs team, while US,
mounted recce international community.