Master Chief Petty Officer Fabio ALBANO 

Master Chief Petty Officer Fabio ALBANO was born in Taranto on 29 October 1967. He earned a Classical High School Diploma in 1987 from the State High School “Archita” in Taranto and, in the same year, enlisted in the Corps of Military Naval Crews (CEMM), later transitioning to voluntary service.
Promoted to Sergeant in 1989, he served as Squad Assault Commander of the “San Marco Battalion,” also holding the rank of Petty Officer Second Class (1991), until 1996 when he was promoted to Petty Officer Third Class.
From 1999 to 2004, he served as Operations Section Assistant of the Regiment, and in 2000 he was promoted to Petty Officer Second Class.
In 2004, he was assigned as Assault Platoon Commander of the “Grado” Assault Battalion, where he was promoted to Petty Officer First Class in the same year and to Chief Petty Officer in 2008.
From 2009 to 2011, as part of the Allied Exchange Program, he was assigned to the Tercio de Armada in Spain as Logistics Branch Liaison of the SIAF/SILF (Spanish Italian Amphibious Force / Landing Force).
From 2011 to 2015, he resumed duties at the “Grado” Battalion as Anti-Tank Platoon Commander and, starting in 2015, as Support Platoon Commander.
In 2016, he was transferred as Assistant to the Training and Doctrine Office of the Amphibious Department at NAVY GENERAL STAFF.
In 2017, he was promoted to Warrant Officer and, in 2018, reassigned as Assistant to the Operations Office and Personnel Recovery POC of the Amphibious Force Command (COMFORANF) under CINCNAV (Fleet Command).
In 2019, he attained the top enlisted rank of Master Chief Petty Officer.
PROFESSIONAL COURSES ATTENDED
•    Amphibious Qualification Course – Brindisi
•    65th Assault Course – Infantry School, Cesano (Rome)
•    Military Parachuting Course – SMIPAR, Pisa
•    American Language Course – Defense Language Institute, San Antonio, Texas
•    Stinger Weapon System Operator Course – 6th Air Defence Artillery, Fort Bliss, Texas
•    General Professional Training Course – MARISCUOLA Taranto
•    Medical Course – International Special Training Center, Pfullendorf, Germany
•    17th Advanced Course – MARISCUOLA Taranto
•    Joint Personnel Recovery Course – Air Cooperation School, Guidonia
•    Joint Personnel Recovery Staff Course – Air Cooperation School, Guidonia
MISSIONS / OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT
•    Operation IBIS – Somalia
•    Operation United Shield – Somalia
•    Operation Joint Guardian – Bosnia and Herzegovina
•    Operation KFOR – Kosovo
•    Operation ALBA – Durres, Albania
•    Operation FMP – Vlora, Albania
•    Operation Enduring Freedom aboard ITS “Etna” – Arabian Sea / Indian Ocean
•    Operation Ancient Babylon – Iraq
•    Operation Leonte – Lebanon
•    Operation Mare Nostrum aboard ITS “San Giorgio” – Mediterranean
•    Earthquake Relief – Turkey
•    Earthquake Relief – San Giuliano di Puglia
•    Disaster Relief – Northern Italy
•    Operation “Strade Pulite”
•    Operation “Mare Sicuro”
AWARDS, HONORS, DECORATIONS, DISTINCTIONS
•    Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
•    Maurician Medal – Fifty years of military career
•    Silver Medal for Long Command Service
•    Public Merit Certificates – Civil Protection Department (Turkey and San Giuliano Earthquakes)
•    Commemorative Crosses for Peacekeeping in Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo
•    Commemorative Cross – Lebanon
•    Commemorative Crosses – International Relief Operations in Albania and Iraq
•    UNIFIL Medal – Lebanon
•    NATO Medals – Former Yugoslavia, Kosovo, and Active Endeavour
•    Mare Nostrum Operation Ribbon
•    Honorary Distinction – “San Marco” Battalion personnel
FOREIGN LANGUAGES English (Excellent) Spanish (Outstanding)
He is married to Sabrina and has one daughter, Vittoria.

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