REAR ADMIRAL VINCENZO LEONE MEETS SATELLITE STATION STAFF
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Published on: 25/01/2022
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Category: News
Rear Admiral Vincenzo Leone, the new Maritime Director of Puglia and Ionian Basilicata and Head of the Bari Maritime Compartment, met with the staff of the Italian COSPAS-SARSAT Satellite Station this afternoon.
During the visit to the operations center of the Italian Mission Control Center, the current organizational and operational arrangements, as well as the lines of technological development of the Satellite Station, which operates with the employment of military personnel of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard, under the operational dependencies of the III Department of the General Command and hierarchical of the Apulian Maritime Directorate, were illustrated..
On the occasion, Admiral Leone did not fail to emphasize the operational but also psychological importance of the latest satellite technologies in support of search and rescue operations, the relevance of the results achieved in terms of lives saved, and the specific international projection of the structure.