 In the late 90s Del Vecchio was commander of the NATO Multinational Brigade North in Bosnia and Herzegovina (March–October 1997) and NATO Kosovo Force commander of the Multinational Brigade West in Kosovo.From September 2007 to March 2008 he was the commаnder of "Comando Operativo Interforze" that oversee the deployment of Italian forces around the world.In the early months of 2008 he resigned from his position as commander of "Comando operativo Interforze" as he was running in the legislative election of 2008 for the Democratic Party.