Logistic Regiment "Aosta"

The Logistic Regiment "Aosta" (Italian: Reggimento Logistico "Aosta") is a military logistics regiment of the Italian Army based in Palermo in Sicily. The regiment was formed on 1 June 2015 and is the logistic unit of the Mechanized Brigade "Aosta".[2]

Logistic Regiment "Aosta"
Reggimento Logistico "Aosta"
Regimental coat of arms
Active1 June 2015 - today[1]
Country Italy
BranchItalian Army
RoleMilitary logistics
Part ofMechanized Brigade "Aosta"
Garrison/HQPalermo
Motto(s)"Labor ac virtus"
Anniversaries22 May 1916 - Battle of Asiago
Insignia
Unit gorget patches

History

Logistic Battalion "Aosta"
The commanding officer of the Logistic Regiment "Aosta" retrieves the war flag of the Logistic Battalion "Aosta" from the Shrine of the Flags in Rome

The newly formed Logistic Regiment "Aosta" received the war flag and traditions of the Logistic Battalion "Aosta", which had been formed as Services Unit "Aosta" on 1 February 1957 in Messina by merging the logistic support units of the Infantry Division "Aosta". The unit repeatedly changed composition and name until the 1975 army reform, when it became the Logistic Battalion "Aosta" and was granted a new war flag on 12 November 1976 by decree 846 of the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone.[3][1]

Initially consisting of a command platoon, a supply and transport company, a medium workshop, and a field park the battalion was reorganized on 1 October 1981 and consisted from then until being disbanded of the following units:

  • Battalion Command, in Messina
    • Command and Services Company
    • Supply Company
    • Medium Transport Company
    • Maintenance Company
    • Medical (Reserve) Unit

On 1 February 2002 the battalion was disbanded its war flag transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome, where it remained until November 2015.[1][4]

Current structure

Like all Italian Army logistic units the Logistic Regiment "Aosta" consists of:[5]

The Regimental Command consists of the Commandant's and Personnel Office, the Operations, Training and Information Office, the Logistic Office, and the Administration Office.

See also

References
  1. "Reggimento Logistico "Aosta" - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. "Reggimento Logistico "Aosta"". Italian Army. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. "Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 12 novembre 1976, n. 846". Quirinale - Presidenza della Repubblica. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  4. "Bandiera di Guerra al Reggimento Logistico "Aosta"". Esercito Italiano. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  5. "Reggimento Logistico "Pinerolo"". Ministero della Difesa. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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