Commander (ITA N) Maurizio Modesto joined the Italian Navy in 1988 and completed flight training for both Fix Wings (T-34 & T44) and Rotary Wings (TH 57 A & B) with the US Navy in 1992. In his career, he has flown 5,000 hours mostly in support of Amphibious and Special Operation Force (SOF) operations. He has been an instructor pilot in the SH-3D and EH-101 and has participated in major operations including Somalia 2 and 3, Kosovo and Afghanistan. From 2000–2002 he was an exchange pilot with the Spanish Navy for the SIAF (Spanish Italian Amphibious Force) flying on the AB-212 and the SH-3H in support of Amphibious Operations.

From 2010–2011 he was the Italian Navy EH-101 helicopter squadron Commander in Herat (Afghanistan). From 2011–2014 he served as a staff officer at the Italian Naval Air Fleet Command in Rome. Until August 2018, he was stationed at the Joint Air Power Competence Centre in Kalkar, Germany, as the Subject Matter Expert for Joint Rotary Wing and also in Personnel Recovery, Littoral and SOF operations. Commander Modesto was recently posted to the Italian Navy Fleet Air Arm in Rome.