«The world has changed, but our values and respect and loyalty to the homeland are unchanged, for the Dimonios of today and yesterday, their fallen are a spur that pushes us to train for the tasks that the nation will entrust to us».

Thus the commander of the Sassari Brigade , General Stefano Messina , on the sidelines of the ceremony for the 109th anniversary of the foundation which took place this morning in Sassari.

"At the moment we are focused on training to be ready for the jobs that the nation will entrust to us ", he then added, recalling that the "Sassarini" are currently engaged in Operation Safe Roads in Naples.

The ceremony was held inside the "Gonzaga" barracks in Sassari . In front of a large audience of military, civil and religious authorities, the birth of the two historic regiments was commemorated, the 151st in Sinnai and the 152nd in Tempio Pausania, which dates back to 1 March 1915.

For the occasion, the War Flags of the Brigade's departments were paraded, as well as the banners of the Sardinian cities decorated for military valor and of the fighting and arms associations .

«Today we celebrate the heroism of the Sassarini, which is both a synthesis and a manifesto of the values that animate the Dimonios», said Commander Messina during his speech in front of the deployed regiments. "Our soldiers honor this legacy day after day with pride and self-sacrifice, experiencing it as a precise responsibility that must be assumed with constant commitment to training and professional growth."

(Unioneonline)

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