Adorno served in the
4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment, where he was deployed in the
Balkans,
Afghanistan and
Iraq. From 2011 to 2018 he served in the
62nd Infantry Regiment "Sicilia". On 16 July 2010, he was awarded the
Gold Medal of Military Valour for his service in Afghanistan. ''"Alpine paratrooper, during the operation «Maashin IV», aimed at disrupting the Afghan insurgency, after conquering the objective, he was invested with his unit by overwhelming enemy fire. With uncommon courage and absolute contempt for danger, he reached a tactical foothold from which he reacted with his own weapon to the adversary's action. Upon realizing that the enemy was about to fire on the soldiers of another squad of his platoon, he did not hesitate to interpose himself between them and the threat, interdicting the action. Seriously wounded in a leg, he stoically maintained his position guaranteeing the security necessary for the reorganization of his unit. Fulgid example of elective military virtues."'' == References ==