{"id":10770,"date":"2010-03-31T11:27:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T10:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/45-years-working-for-nato\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:52:10","slug":"45-years-working-for-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/45-years-working-for-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"45 Years working for NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Susan_Turchi_Farewell_2_1.jpg\" alt=\"The Commandant, LtGen Wolf-Dieter Loeser, presents Mrs Susan Turchi with a diploma in recognition of 45 years of service with NATO\" \/><figcaption>The Commandant, LtGen Wolf-Dieter Loeser, presents Mrs Susan Turchi with a diploma in recognition of 45 years of service with NATO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Farewell party atmosphere at the NATO Defense College today due to the retirement of Mrs Susan TURCHI after 45 years of service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Almost half century working in the same institution is a goal that few people can reach and Susan deserves to be celebrated with honor.<br \/>\nThis is the reason why the NDC Commandant, Lieutenant General Wolf-Dieter LOESER, awarded a diploma to Mrs TURCHI underlining that her longstanding commitment and professionalism have been an added value for the College.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Susan, whose maiden name was Thain, was born in Newcastle, England, and she joined the NATO Headquarter as a shorthand typist (grade B) when it was still in Paris, before being relocated due to the French withdrawal from the Alliance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">At that time Susan chose to follow the NATO Defense College in Rome instead of moving to Brussels and nowadays we can say that was a lucky choice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">In fact, in August 1967 she was promoted to B3 grade and involved in planning the Field Study tours: thanks to such a wide experience in that field she earned the nickname of &ldquo;boss of the branch&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">In addition, on May 6 th 1972 Susan married Roberto Turchi, who worked as a linotypist for the roman newspaper &ldquo;Il Messaggero&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Now that she is free from her daily work she will be able to devote her time to her little granddaughter, the child of her son Steven.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The NATO Defense College Staff wants to send Susan its affectionate thanks for her professional dedication and industriousness, which have served as an example to everybody.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nLtCol. Mario Masdea, Chief Public Affairs Office, ITA-A<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commandant, LtGen Wolf-Dieter Loeser, presents Mrs Susan Turchi with a diploma in recognition of 45 years of<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-10770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 16 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le mars 31, 2010","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le mars 31, 2010 11:27","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 08:52"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10770"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=10770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}