Lieutenant Commander Tommaso Barone joined the Italian Navy in 1997. He was trained by the US Navy and qualified as Naval Aviator in 2003. He participated in all major operations including ‘Active Endeavour’, ‘Leonte’, ‘Atalanta’ and ‘Isaf’. In 2010 he deployed on ITS CVH ‘Cavour’ for the Operation ‘White Crane’ in support of the population of Haiti. In 2015 he was stationed in Antarctica as Operational Director of the XXXI ‘Italian Antarctic Expedition’. He is an instructor pilot and he flew Helicopters such as SH3D and EH101 mostly in support of amphibious and special forces operations and JPR. He is currently serving as the Joint Personnel Recovery, Littoral and Special Operations Subject Matter Expert at the Joint Air Power Competence Centre.