Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Donahue II, commander Army Africa, toured the Folgore Parachute Brigade, Livorno, Italy. The tour of the brigade was hosted by its commander, Brig. Gen. Massimo Mingiardi Jan. 8, 2013. Mingiardi hosted a luncheon for the USARAF commander and his group. After lunch, Donahue toured a paratrooper training area interacting with Italian soldiers and their instructors. Folgore Parachute Brigade or Brigata Paracadutisti Folgore is the Italian Army’s largest airborne infantry unit with a lineage dating to the mid-1930s.

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