{"id":221632,"date":"2024-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=221632"},"modified":"2024-07-12T11:39:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T11:39:25","slug":"a-jump-tower-gives-garrison-employees-a-glimpse-into-paratrooper-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=221632","title":{"rendered":"A Jump Tower Gives Garrison Employees a Glimpse Into Paratrooper Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n On July 8, 2024, members of the U.S. Army Garrison Italy\u2019s American Military Italian Civilian Integration Program or AMICI organized a day at the Caserma Ederle Jump Tower, offering participants a hands-on experience of paratrooper training.
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VICENZA, Italy \u2013 On July 8, 13 civilians learned a little about what a paratrooper goes through when jumping out of a plane, by doing a simulated jump from the 30-foot jump tower on Caserma Ederle. They\u2019re part of USAG Italy\u2019s workforce enrichment program known as AMICI.<\/p>\n

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AMICI, which stands for American Military Italian Civilian Integration, is also the Italian word for friends. The AMICI program takes garrison employees to visit most of the military units, including SETAF-AF and the 173rd Airborne Brigade and meet their senior leaders. Their goal is to cover the entire garrison footprint to learn more about the units and Soldiers they support.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is 100 percent important; we all need at least know a little bit more about the operation and everything that\u2019s going on, how they are related, and this unique training allows you to learn all these things,\u201d said Giovanni Radin, garrison IT specialist and AMICI participant. \u201cI highly suggest to everybody to get enrolled in this training.\u201d<\/p>\n

USAG Italy is made up of hundreds of Italian and American employees and while they know their respective specialties, not everyone gets to see how the details of their daily work can impact the lives of those they support, specifically the Soldiers throughout the Vicenza Military Community.<\/p>\n

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Jay Pasion, AMICI manager, stresses the importance of it being a comprehensive program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis iteration will continue until as many units as possible are visited, to ensure a maximum knowledge of the units we support,\u201d Pasion said.<\/p>\n

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The tagline of the 6th iteration of AMICI, \u2018One Team-Two Cultures\u2019, highlights the continuing team mindset of this year\u2019s program. The AMICI members have already visited the Directorate of Emergency Services and learned what happens when first responders get an emergency call. They also visited Camp Darby, a satellite location of USAG Italy, where they met their counterparts that they normally only speak to over the phone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis program is great for us, as Italian people, because we learn more about the post and what the Soldiers do,\u201d said Francesca Parolin, a management analyst in the garrison resource management directorate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt helps you be a better worker by knowing what\u2019s important to them, so you can support them better, so I think it\u2019s a great experience and a great program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soldiers from the 173rd supported the jump tower experience for the AMICI participants and saw how AMICI helps.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good initiative, it\u2019s a good time to let everyone experience what we go through,\u201d said Spc. Christian Fernandez, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Italian employees, this is the first year that Department of the Army civilians can take part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On July 8, 2024, members of the U.S. Army Garrison Italy\u2019s American Military Italian Civilian Integration Program or AMICI organized a day at the Caserma Ederle Jump Tower, offering participants a hands-on experience of paratrooper training. (Photo Credit: Sgt. Giuseppe Terrasi) VIEW ORIGINAL VICENZA, Italy \u2013 On July 8, 13 civilians learned a little about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221634,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=221632"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221640,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221632\/revisions\/221640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/221634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=221632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=221632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=221632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}