Officials rebranded the Vicenza base to distance it from local opposition

Evidence

A few months after the Army announced its decision to abandon the full consolidation of the 173rd brigade in Vicenza, I went on a tour of the newly operational base. Officially, the base was now called “Caserma Del Din,” after Italian officials rebranded it in 2012—seemingly to distance the project from the vibrant “No Dal Molin” opposition movement that had garnered support across Italy. On base, fire trucks were still labeled DAL MOLIN, and many people still used the old name. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 753

Categorization

• XREF: Rebranding as political erasure connects to censorship and naming-as-infrastructure themes.