{"id":30923,"date":"2023-10-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=30923"},"modified":"2023-10-12T06:43:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T06:43:00","slug":"italian-army-col-biasiutti-leaves-legacy-of-partnership-as-he-departs-setaf-af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=30923","title":{"rendered":"Italian Army Col. Biasiutti leaves legacy of partnership as he departs SETAF-AF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Italian Army Col. Michele Blasiutti, right, the deputy chief of staff of Italy at SETAF-AF, accepts a plaque from the U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Todd R. Wasmund, commanding general of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), during an award ceremony on Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, Sept. 8, 2023. SETAF-AF provides U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Army Europe & Africa a dedicated headquarters to synchronize Army activities and scalable crisis response options in Africa and Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Bobbi-Jo McGinley)
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\n Italian Army Col. Michele Biasiutti, deputy chief of staff and senior Italian officer at U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), receives a plaque thanking him for his service and dedication to SETAF-AF during a ceremony on Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, Sept. 8, 2023. Since 1959, personnel from Esercito Italiano [Italian Army] have served at SETAF-AF to assist with the unique bi-national responsibilities of the command. SETAF-AF provides U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Army Europe & Africa a dedicated headquarters to synchronize Army activities and scalable crisis response options in Africa and Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Bobbi-Jo McGinley)
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\n U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Todd R. Wasmund, commanding general of Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), gifts Italian Army Col. Michele Blasiutti, the deputy chief of staff of Italy at SETAF-AF, a plaque thanking him for his service and dedication to SETAF-AF during an award ceremony on Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, Sept. 8, 2023. SETAF-AF provides U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Army Europe & Africa a dedicated headquarters to synchronize Army activities and scalable crisis response options in Africa and Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Bobbi-Jo McGinley)
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\n Maj. Gen. Todd R. Wasmund, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) commanding general, shares a toast with Italy army Col. Michele Biasiutti, SETAF-AF senior Italian officer, during the Giornata dell’Unit\u00e0 Nazionale e delle Forze Armate (National Unification and Armed Forces\u2019 Day) ceremony on Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy Nov. 15, 2022. National Unification and Armed Forces Day is an Italian national holiday established in 1919. It commemorates the Italian victory in World War I. (U.S. Army photo by Sergeant 1st Class Ernest Henderson)
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VICENZA, Italy \u2013 U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Todd R. Wasmund, commanding general of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF<\/a>), said goodbye to a close friend and colleague, Italian Army Col. Michele Biasiutti, Caserma Del Din base commander and SETAF-AF deputy chief of staff – Italy, Sept. 8, 2023.<\/p>\n

At an awards ceremony, Biasiutti received a plaque from Wasmund, thanking him for his service and dedication to SETAF-AF.<\/p>\n

Biasiutti served in the position since Jan. 2020, and relinquishes his post to incoming Italian Army Col. Michele Amendolagine, who currently serves as the Italian base commander for Caserma Ederle in Vicenza.<\/p>\n

\u201cI served with a total of three [U.S. Army] generals during my time at SETAF-AF,\u201d said Biasiutti. \u201cOf course, everyone has their own personality, but there\u2019s a common professionalism within each of these leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

He shared how the source of this leadership must be traced back to the professional development and education the American military provides to its soldiers.<\/p>\n

As the Italian deputy chief of staff for SETAF-AF, Biasiutti supported all training and operations for U.S. deployments and redeployments on Italian soil. His team ensured that all Italian rules were followed while Americans lived and operated on Italian bases and training areas.<\/p>\n

His work also helped forge lasting partnerships between U.S. and Italian forces.<\/p>\n

He regularly facilitated engagements between SETAF-AF leadership and the Italian Army, as well as local civilian and regional authorities.<\/p>\n

“Working with my close friend Col. Michele Biasiutti over the last three years was a pleasure,\u201d said U.S. Army Col. Keith McKinley, who recently retired as SETAF-AF\u2019s chief of staff. \u201cMichele contributed directly in enhancing the great military-to-military relationship between the command and our Italian hosts.”<\/p>\n

Biasiutti\u2019s position at SETAF-AF was not his first exposure to working alongside American service members.<\/p>\n

Previously, Biasiutti deployed to several countries including Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Balkans, Kosovo, as well as Afghanistan where he served as the executive officer to the deputy chief of staff for operation Resolute Support headquarters. In this last assignment, Biasiutti worked under U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller, commander of U.S. and NATO forces, during operation Resolute Support.<\/p>\n

\u201cGen. Miller personified how a great leader can maximize and magnify the strengths of those around him, leading different services and diverse professionals to unified objectives,\u201d said Biasiutti.<\/p>\n

Biasiutti looks forward to his next assignment as he takes command of an Italian Alpini unit in Bolzano, Italy. Donning his distinctive peaked Alpini cap, adorned with a white feather, the new assignment marks a return to his mountain combat roots, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am going back to my origins,\u201d said Biasiutti. \u201cI expect there will be challenges, but I will be equipped with the skill set developed over my career, enhanced by my experience working with SETAF-AF.\u201d<\/p>\n

About SETAF-AF<\/strong><\/p>\n

SETAF-AF provides\u00a0U.S. Africa Command<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0U.S. Army Europe and Africa<\/a>\u00a0a dedicated headquarters to synchronize Army activities in Africa and scalable crisis-response options in Africa and Europe.<\/p>\n

Follow SETAF-AF on:<\/strong>\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0DVIDS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 \/ 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption \u2013 Italian Army Col. Michele Blasiutti, right, the deputy chief of staff of Italy at SETAF-AF, accepts a plaque from the U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Todd R. Wasmund, commanding general of U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), during an award ceremony on Caserma Del Din, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30925,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30923","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\/30923","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=30923"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30930,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30923\/revisions\/30930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}