LONGARE, Italy – The Italian Army, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Garrison Italy, hosted a naming ceremony for a military base in Longare.
The base, currently home to the 207th Military Intelligence Brigade-Theater, has been named after Corporal Major Matteo Miotto. Miotto, an Alpini soldier originally from Thiene, was tragically killed in Afghanistan on December 31, 2010.
Col. James T. Blejski, Jr., was promoted to brigadier general during a ceremony at the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command's (INSCOM) headquarters, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, May 3, 2024, on his last day serving as INSCOM’s assistant chief of staff, G3. He will move on to U.S. Special Operations Command as the director of intelligence, J2.