Solbiate Olona, June 18, 2024. Today, the visit of the Commander of ARRC, Lieutenant Ralph Wooddisse, took place at the operational headquarters of NRDC-ITA, where he was welcomed by the Commander of NRDC-ITA, Lieutenant General Lorenzo D’Addario.
The event was marked by the sharing of experiences and the exploration of potential areas of convergence, with a special focus on NATO's future challenges, in view of NRDC-ITA's upcoming role as the Allied Reaction Force (ARF) Headquarters (HQ) to support the Alliance in its three main tasks: deterrence and defense, crisis prevention and management, and cooperative security.
Lieutenant General Wooddisse with its Deputy Commander, Major General Gianluca Carai met with the Commander of NRDC-ITA and Major General Bennett, Deputy Commander of NRDC-ITA, receiving an informative briefing on the new commitment of the Milan Headquarters for the Alliance, after a long series of activities, like the recent exercise “Steadfast Deterrence 24” in Norway.
The appointment of NRDC-ITA as the ARF HQ with multi-domain capabilities and multinational subordinate units is a further demonstration of Italy's commitment to support the Alliance and its objectives of "deterrence" and "defense" in the Euro-Atlantic area.