{"id":12988,"date":"2019-12-03T16:53:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T15:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/deputy-supreme-allied-commander-transformation-visits-the-ndc\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:28:28","slug":"deputy-supreme-allied-commander-transformation-visits-the-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/deputy-supreme-allied-commander-transformation-visits-the-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation visits the NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/135-DSACT-Visit_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"NDC Commandant LGEN Chris Whitecross welcomes Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation GEN Paolo Ruggiero\" \/><figcaption>NDC Commandant LGEN Chris Whitecross welcomes Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation GEN Paolo Ruggiero<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On Tuesday 3 December 2019, General Paolo Ruggiero, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (DSACT), visited the NATO Defense College. GEN Ruggiero was welcomed by NDC Commandant LGEN Chris Whitecross, Dean Dr Stephen Mariano and Senior Italian Officer COL Riccardo Brizi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The NDC Commandant gave DSACT an exhaustive brief on the College\u2019s activities, which was also attended by the Director of Research Dr Thierry Tardy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">GEN Ruggiero then met the NDC Italian community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The aim of the visit was to provide a general overview of the NDC\u2019s mission and activities, and its unique academic role within NATO. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">GEN Paolo Ruggiero assumed his duties as DSACT in July 2019. He was previously Deputy Commander NATO Land Command in Izmir, Turkey, and Deputy Commander for Transition of the NATO &#8220;Resolute Support&#8221; mission in Afghanistan. Earlier, he commanded the Field Artillery Headquarters and served as a staff officer, at both the Italian Army General Staff and the Defence GS.<\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<br \/>(Prepared by Mr Matteo Acciaccarelli, ITA C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDC Commandant LGEN Chris Whitecross welcomes Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation GEN Paolo Ruggiero On Tuesday 3 December<\/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-12988","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 7 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le d\u00e9cembre 3, 2019","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le d\u00e9cembre 3, 2019 16:53","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:28"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12988","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=12988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12988"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=12988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}