Photo by Capt. Ray Ragan | 351st Civil Affairs Command | 07.20.2013
Sgt. Maj. Michael Barros, operations noncommissioned officer in charge, 358th Civil Affairs Brigade earns his Italian jump wings from Italian army 1st Capt. Paracadutisti “Folgore” Alberto Spinelli. Spinelli served as the jumpmaster for this airborne operation, granting a foreign jump wing exchange for the near 100 soldiers that participated in the jump. (Courtesy photo)...
Photo by Capt. Ray Ragan | 351st Civil Affairs Command | 07.20.2013
Spc. Antonio Martinez, a civil affairs specialist from the 416th Civil Affairs Battalion’s Charlie Company, earns his Italian jump wings from Italian army 1st Capt. Paracadutisti “Folgore” Alberto Spinelli. Spinelli served as the jumpmaster for this airborne operation, granting a foreign jump wing exchange for the near 100 soldiers that participated in the jump. (Courtesy photo)...
Photo by Capt. Ray Ragan | 351st Civil Affairs Command | 07.20.2013
A soldier from the 416th Civil Affairs Battalion exits the airplane during an airborne operation for a safe decent to the California desert. Civil affairs soldiers, called “Peacemakers,” support military operations and enable missions by advising a commander on civil and civilian aspects of the battlefield. Peacemakers are responsible for five core tasks: civil information management,......
Photo by Capt. Ray Ragan | 351st Civil Affairs Command | 07.20.2013
Italian army 1st Capt. Paracadutisti “Folgore” Alberto Spinelli (center) gives the command to “hook up” to soldiers from the 416th Civil Affairs Battalion during an airborne operation. Spinelli, giving verbal commands in Italian, was still understood by the American soldiers because of standardized hand-and-arm signals for airborne operations. Airborne operations like this allow for......
Photo by Capt. Ray Ragan | 351st Civil Affairs Command | 07.20.2013
Italian army 1st Capt. Paracadutisti “Folgore” Alberto Spinelli stands shoulder-to-shoulder with his American counterpart from the 416th Civil Affairs Battalion during an airborne operation. Spinelli served as the jumpmaster for this operation, granting a foreign jump wing exchange for the near 100 soldiers that participated in the jump. (Courtesy photo)...
Photo by Capt. Ray Ragan | 351st Civil Affairs Command | 07.20.2013
The senior leadership of the 351st Civil Affairs Command and the commander of the 416th Civil Affairs Battalion stand with Italian army 1st Capt. Paracadutisti “Folgore” Alberto Spinelli (second from left) before an airborne operation. Pictured are Brig. Gen. Stephen K. Curda (left), commander, 351st CACOM, along with Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Martello (right), senior enlisted leader, 351st......
