{"id":291524,"date":"2024-09-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=291524"},"modified":"2024-09-30T15:03:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T15:03:42","slug":"after-25-years-in-corporate-finance-italian-host-nation-employee-returns-to-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=291524","title":{"rendered":"After 25 years in corporate finance, Italian host nation employee returns to Army"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"editor-image photo-slideshow\">\n<figure class=\"photo cur-photo\">\n          <span class=\"centered-image\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"img-container\"><br \/>\n              <a class=\"rich-text-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2024\/09\/30\/b4eb774b\/original.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>              <\/a><br \/>\n                              <span class=\"ss-move ss-prev\"><br \/>\n                  <span class=\"ss-move-button\"><\/span><br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"ss-move ss-next\"><br \/>\n                  <span class=\"ss-move-button\"><\/span><br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n                          <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/span><figcaption>\n                          <span class=\"image-count\">1 \/ 2<\/span><br \/>\n              <span class=\"image-caption-button\"><br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-button-text caption-button-hide\">Show Caption +<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-button-text caption-button-show\">Hide Caption \u2013<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><br \/>\n                        <span class=\"image-caption\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"caption-text\"><br \/>\n                Remo Romiti is a material handler and forklift operator at Army Field Support Battalion-Africa, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. The 63-year-old Italian local national employee said he enjoys working at Leghorn Army Depot, Italy, with AFSBn-Africa because every day there\u2019s something new and he\u2019s always busy.<br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-author\"> (Photo Credit: U.S. Army courtesy photo)<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2024\/09\/30\/b4eb774b\/original.jpg\" title=\"View original\" target=\"_blank\">VIEW ORIGINAL<\/a><br \/>\n            <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"photo\">\n          <span class=\"centered-image\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"img-container\"><br \/>\n              <a class=\"rich-text-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2024\/09\/30\/bba38a45\/original.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"After 25 years in corporate finance, Italian host nation employee returns to Army\" src=\"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/size0-full-506.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                              <span class=\"ss-move ss-prev\"><br \/>\n                  <span class=\"ss-move-button\"><\/span><br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"ss-move ss-next\"><br \/>\n                  <span class=\"ss-move-button\"><\/span><br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n                          <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/span><figcaption>\n                          <span class=\"image-count\">2 \/ 2<\/span><br \/>\n              <span class=\"image-caption-button\"><br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-button-text caption-button-hide\">Show Caption +<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-button-text caption-button-show\">Hide Caption \u2013<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><br \/>\n                        <span class=\"image-caption\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"caption-text\"><br \/>\n                Remo Romiti, a material handler at Army Field Support Battalion-Africa, 405th Army Field Support Brigade, moves items with a forklift at Leghorn Army Depot, Italy. His job as a material handler and forklift operator includes spending much of his time in the shipping and receiving area.<br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-author\"> (Photo Credit: U.S. Army courtesy photo)<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2024\/09\/30\/bba38a45\/original.jpg\" title=\"View original\" target=\"_blank\">VIEW ORIGINAL<\/a><br \/>\n            <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>LIVORNO, Italy \u2013 He started working for the Army in Livorno in 1980, but after 10 years in ammunition surveillance as a material handler he decided to leave and take a corporate job in business finance and insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Practically tied to a desk for 25 years, Remo Romiti longed to return to the Army and the Camp Darby military community. After applying for more than a couple of vacancies, the Italian host nation employee was selected to work as a material handler and forklift operator with Army Field Support Battalion-Africa at Leghorn Army Depot in 2016. And he\u2019s been there ever since.<\/p>\n<p>The 63-year-old local national employee in the Directorate of Supply said he enjoys working at Leghorn with AFSBn-Africa because every day there\u2019s something new and he\u2019s always busy. His job as a material handler and forklift operator includes spending much of his time in the shipping and receiving area at Leghorn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, my work includes palletizing material and completing all the required documentation for shipment. I also receive shipments, and when I do, I check to ensure everything is correct,\u201d said Romiti. \u201cI\u2019ll verify all the serial numbers, stock numbers and quantities by checking the items and the paperwork before delivering the material to the various locations at Leghorn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If everything is correct, Romiti said he calls his supervisor and \u201cwe bring all this material to the designated areas. We have a lot of material and equipment in many warehouses across Leghorn, all divided up by UIC [unit identification code]. For example, if we receive some parts for UIC whiskey mike charlie three alpha alpha, we must bring this material to the right warehouse as soon as possible so the maintainers and mechanics can begin making the repairs or upgrades, immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried and tried to get back to working with the U.S. Army many times so when I was hired as a material handler, I was very happy. I love working for the U.S. Army,\u201d said Romiti, who has a 29-year-old daughter and is from Castiglioncello, Italy, just 20 miles south of Leghorn on the Mediterranean Sea,<\/p>\n<div class=\"editor-image photo-slideshow\">\n<figure class=\"photo cur-photo\">\n          <span class=\"centered-image\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"img-container\"><br \/>\n              <a class=\"rich-text-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2024\/09\/30\/7e589017\/original.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"After 25 years in corporate finance, Italian host nation employee returns to Army\" src=\"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/size0-full-507.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                              <span class=\"ss-move ss-prev\"><br \/>\n                  <span class=\"ss-move-button\"><\/span><br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"ss-move ss-next\"><br \/>\n                  <span class=\"ss-move-button\"><\/span><br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n                          <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/span><figcaption>\n                          <span class=\"image-count\">1 \/ 2<\/span><br \/>\n              <span class=\"image-caption-button\"><br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-button-text caption-button-hide\">Show Caption +<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-button-text caption-button-show\">Hide Caption \u2013<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><br \/>\n                        <span class=\"image-caption\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"caption-text\"><br \/>\n                Remo Romiti, a material handler and forklift operator with the Directorate of Supply, Army Field Support Battalion-Africa, said when he\u2019s not working at Leghorn Army Depot, Italy, he enjoys riding his bicycle and participating in road races. For the last 15 years, he\u2019s averaged three big races per year.<br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-author\"> (Photo Credit: Courtesy photo)<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2024\/09\/30\/7e589017\/original.jpg\" title=\"View original\" target=\"_blank\">VIEW ORIGINAL<\/a><br \/>\n            <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"photo\">\n          <span class=\"centered-image\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"img-container\"><br \/>\n              <a class=\"rich-text-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2024\/09\/30\/dd997312\/original.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"After 25 years in corporate finance, Italian host nation employee returns to Army\" src=\"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/size0-full-508.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                              <span class=\"ss-move ss-prev\"><br \/>\n                  <span class=\"ss-move-button\"><\/span><br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"ss-move ss-next\"><br \/>\n                  <span class=\"ss-move-button\"><\/span><br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n                          <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/span><figcaption>\n                          <span class=\"image-count\">2 \/ 2<\/span><br \/>\n              <span class=\"image-caption-button\"><br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-button-text caption-button-hide\">Show Caption +<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-button-text caption-button-show\">Hide Caption \u2013<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><br \/>\n                        <span class=\"image-caption\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"caption-text\"><br \/>\n                Remo Romiti, a material handler and forklift operator with the Directorate of Supply, Army Field Support Battalion-Africa, shows off his first-place finish in the master\u2019s division of the Campionato Italiano VV.F. di ciclismo su strada bicycle road race. For the last 15 years, the Italian local national Army employee averaged three big races per year during his free time.<br \/>\n                <span class=\"caption-author\"> (Photo Credit: Courtesy photo)<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/images\/2024\/09\/30\/dd997312\/original.jpg\" title=\"View original\" target=\"_blank\">VIEW ORIGINAL<\/a><br \/>\n            <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When Romiti is not working at Leghorn or spending time with friends and family, he said he enjoys riding his bicycle and participating in road races. For the last 15 years, he averaged three big races per year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good way to stay active, and I enjoy it,\u201d Romiti said. \u201cIt\u2019s my number one hobby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AFSBn-Africa, one of four battalions under the command and control of the 405th Army Field Support Brigade, is charged with receiving, maintaining, and storing Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 at Leghorn Army Depot, which includes 16 warehouses with 749,000 square feet of humidity-controlled storage plus four maintenance facilities as well as 1.5 million square feet of outside storage.<\/p>\n<p>Organizations AFSBn-Africa directly support \u2013 helping to enable readiness across two theaters of operations \u2013 are U.S. European Command, U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Army Europe and Africa, Southern European Task Force-Africa, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, and other strategic partners and allies.<\/p>\n<p>The 405th AFSB is assigned to U.S. Army Sustainment Command and headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The brigade provides materiel enterprise support to U.S. forces throughout Europe and Africa \u2013 providing theater sustainment logistics; synchronizing acquisition, logistics and technology; and leveraging the U.S. Army Materiel Command materiel enterprise to support joint forces. For more information on the 405th AFSB, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afsbeurope.army.mil\" target=\"_blank\">official website<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/405thAFSB\" target=\"_blank\">official Facebook site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 \/ 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption \u2013 Remo Romiti is a material handler and forklift operator at Army Field Support Battalion-Africa, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. The 63-year-old Italian local national employee said he enjoys working at Leghorn Army Depot, Italy, with AFSBn-Africa because every day there\u2019s something new and he\u2019s always busy. 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