I must admit, that when we came to Reggio Calabria for our duty against ‘ndrangheta (the Calabrian Mafia - mission Riace), when we arrived at our assigned quarters, we gave the change to an infantry unit from the deepest South.
We were sharp and trimmed like hell, having ended our summer camp in the high mountains just two weeks earlier, so, when we saw these guys, we were pretty “impressed”.
Starting with a Sergeant Major (three stripes) who had linked two combat belts to fit his monumental belly…
He was way worse than the guys in these pictures.