Special to the Castle by Tech. Sgt. Kevin WallaceRegional Command-West Public AffairsBALA MURGHAB, Afghanistan (Jan. 16, 2011) – Italian mountain soldiers, known as Alpini, teamed with Afghan National Army, hold the front line on the eastern sector of Bala Murghab's (BMG) southern perimeter.Living in rugged mountains is not a new lifestyle for the Alpini, who were formed in the late 1800s and are the oldest active mountain infantry in the world. Alpini saw their first combat on foreign soil in 1888, in Africa.More than a century after their first engagements, Alpini soldiers are again fighting, and doing it from the...
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