Multinational Specialized Unit
Multinational Specialized Unit | |
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Operation Joint Enterprise | |
Website | Carabinieri.it |
Commanders | |
Commander of KFOR-MSU | Col. Stefano Fedele |
Noteworthy commanders | Col. Ruggiero Capodivento |
The Multinational Specialized Unit (MSU), is a unit of the Italian Carabinieri, dedicated to the military missions abroad, including the military and civilian police tasks, peacekeeping operations, crowd and riot control.[1]
After its creation in 1998, MSU units took part in many different
History
Initially it has employed members of the 7th Carabinieri Regiment "Trentino-Alto Adige", the 13th Carabinieri Regiment "Friuli-Venezia Giulia" and the
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The first mission where MSU was involved was the
Albania
After the tension in the Balkan area, during the
Iraq
During the
MSU-IRAQ Commanders
- Col. Georg Di Pauli (June-november 2003)
- Col. Carmelo Burgio (november 2003-march 2004)
- Col. Luciano Zubani (2004)
- Col. Claudio D'Angelo (2004)
- Col. Paolo Nardone (2004-2005)
- Col. Sebastiano Comitini (2005-2006)
- ...
Kosovo
Since 1999, after the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, MSU has been deployed into Kosovo for peacekeeping operations within NATO-KFOR. After years it's still present in the theatre, contributing to maintain peace and stability in the country.[1]
From 1999 to 2013 the
Since 2022 a unit of Army of the Czech Republic Military Police is part of the MSU regiment.
The KFOR-MSU Regiment is commanded by Italian Carabinieri brigadier general Ruggiero Capodivento.[6][7][8]
KFOR-MSU Commanders
Precedence | Commander | Portrait | Start of tenure | End of tenure |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Col. Vincenzo Coppola, ITA | July 22, 1999 | July 18, 2000 | |
2 | Col. Leonardo Leso, ITA | July 19, 2000 | April 23, 2001 | |
3 | Col. Emanuele Garelli, ITA | April 24, 2001 | May 3, 2002 | |
4 | Col. Georg Di Pauli, ITA | May 4, 2002 | June 9, 2003 | |
5 | Col. Claudio Cordella, ITA | June 10, 2003 | July 22, 2004 | |
6 | Col. Giuseppe Lanzillotti, ITA | July 23, 2004 | July 28, 2005 | |
7 | Col. Flavio Garello, ITA | July 29, 2005 | August 23, 2006 | |
8 | Col. Domenico Libertini, ITA | August 24, 2006 | August 26, 2007 | |
9 | Col. Andrea Guglielmi, ITA | August 27, 2007 | September 10, 2008 | |
10 | Col. Angelo De Quarto, ITA | September 11, 2008 | September 8, 2009 | |
11 | Col. Gianni Massimo Cuneo, ITA | September 9, 2009 | September 8, 2010 | |
12 | Col. Eduardo Russo, ITA | September 9, 2010 | September 8, 2011 | |
13 | Col. Mauro Isidori, ITA | September 9, 2011 | December 1, 2012 | |
14 | Col. Mario Di Iulio, ITA | December 2, 2012 | December 7, 2013 | |
15 | Col. Gregorio De Marco, ITA | December 8, 2013 | February 11, 2015 | |
16 | Col. Francesco Maria Chiaravallotti, ITA | February 12, 2015 | October 13, 2015 | |
17 | Col. Paolo Coletta, ITA | October 14, 2015 | October 13, 2016 | |
18 | Col. Fabio Cagnazzo, ITA | October 14, 2016 | September 11, 2017 | |
19 | Col. Marco DI Stefano, ITA | September 12, 2017 | September 14, 2018 | |
20 | Col. Ruggiero Capodivento, ITA | September 15, 2018 | October 16, 2019 | |
21 | Col. Paolo Pelosi, ITA | October 17, 2019 | ... | |
22 | Col. Enio Simone, ITA | ... | ... | |
23 | Col. Stefano Fedele, ITA | February 02, 2021 | January 27, 2022[9] | |
24 | Col. Maurizio Mele, ITA | January 28, 2022 | January 26, 2023 | |
25 | Col. Massimo Cucchini, ITA | January 26, 2023 | February 7, 2023 | |
26 | Gen. B. Ruggiero Capodivento, ITA | February 8, 2022 | present |
KFOR-MSU Vehicles
- Land Rover Defender 90
- Land Rover Defender 110
- Land Rover Defender Ambulance
- Fiat Ducato Ambulance
- Land Rover Discovery series II and IV
- Mitsubishi Pajero
- Iveco ACM 80/90
- Iveco C-17
- Iveco Daily
- VM90P
- Iveco RG-12
- Iveco LMV
See also
- Carabinieri
- Peacekeeping
- Carabinieri Mobile Units Division
- 1st Carabinieri Mobile Brigade
- 2nd Carabinieri Mobile Brigade
- Kosovo Force
- SFOR
- Operation Ancient Babylon
- 2003 Nasiriyah bombing
- Yugoslav Wars
References
- ^ a b "KFOR | MSU". jfcnaples.nato.int.
- ^ "NATO/SFOR Informer: MULTINATIONAL SPECIALIZED UNIT".
- ^ "Albania". www.carabinieri.it.
- ^ "Ministero della Difesa - Iraq: Esplosione a Nassyria presso il Comando MSU dell'Arma dei Carabinieri". www.difesa.it.
- ^ Santora, Marc (30 January 2018). "New York Times (USA) In Kosovo, a Peace Built on Separation". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "KFOR | MSU Commander". jfcnaples.nato.int.
- ^ "KFOR | MSU Change of Command". jfcnaples.nato.int.
- ^ "CARABINIERI: PROMOSSO GENERALE CAPODIVENTO (MSU KOSOVO)". www.osservatorelibero.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ Kfor - MSU Com 2021