Why lie votto? He never said he saw more or any combat time.
His unit deployed and mobilized there to Vicenza, was responsible for the Security and Protection for the bases there in Italy, involved in Operation Enduring Freedom, the Afghan war operation.
Do you think his unit carried cap guns for that mission?
(Aviano Air Force base (which I lived for 3 years when young) was the NATO base in Italy, and head quartered both the AFGHAN and IRAQI wars overseas, with VICENZA as the Army base about an hour and a half away from there as supplemental support and protection.
We didn't have a high school on base, so when we reached high school years, we from Aviano AFB were bussed to VICENZA army base, to attend the high school on Vicenza's Army base....)