Logistic Regiment "Sassari"

The Logistic Regiment "Sassari" (Italian: Reggimento Logistico "Sassari") is a military logistics regiment of the Italian Army based in Cagliari in Sardinia. The regiment is the logistic unit of the Mechanized Brigade "Sassari" and was established on 1 November 2019.[1] The regiment has been assigned the war flag of the Logistic Battalion "Cremona", which was stationed in Sardinia during the World War II.[2][3][4]

Logistic Regiment "Sassari"
Reggimento Logistico "Sassari"
Logistic Battalion "Cremona" coat of arms, predecessor of the current unit.
Active1 November 2019 - Present
Country Italy
BranchItalian Army
TypeMilitary logistics
Part ofMechanized Brigade "Sassari"
Garrison/HQ"MOVM Attilio Mereu" Barracks, in Cagliari
Anniversaries22 May 1916 - Battle of Asiago
Commanders
Current
commander		Col. Daniele Severino Brunetti
Insignia
Unit gorget patches
A Regiment "Lancieri di Montebello" (8th) honor guard salutes the flag of the Logistic Battalion "Cremona" as it leaves the Shrine of the Flags

Mission

The Logistic Regiment "Sassari" provides logistic autonomy through projectable and close-support logistics to the Mechanized Brigade "Sassari".[1]

History

The establishment of a logistic unit for the Sassari brigade was advocated for by several Sardinian politicians and the raising of the unit began in March 2019.[5] In June 2019, the Parliament authorized the establishment of the Logistic Regiment.[6][7]

The Regiment was declared operational on 1 November 2019[1] and on the 29 of the same month the regiment's troops took their oath in front of the newly arrived the war flag.[4]

Logistic Battalion "Cremona"

On 1 November 2019 the Logistic Regiment "Sassari" received the war flag of the Logistic Battalion "Cremona", which had been formed on 1 November 1956 as Services Unit "Cremona" in Turin by merging the logistic and support units of the Infantry Division "Cremona".

The Infantry Division "Cremona" descended from the World War II 44th Infantry Division "Cremona", which had been sent to Sardinia in March 1941. When Italy and Germany occupied Vichy France in Operation "Anton" after Allied troops had landed in French North Africa the division was ferried to Southern Corsica on 8 November 1942 and remained there until Italy switched sides with the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943. From 9 September 1943 the Cremona fought the retreating German Sturmbrigade Reichsführer SS and 90th Panzergrenadier Division and the Italian XII Paratroopers Battalion of the 184th Paratroopers Regiment,[8] The Cremona division fought in Zonza and Quenza, pushing north to Golo river and Sorbo-Ocagnano. After the end of operations on Corsica the division returned to Sardinia. In September 1944 the division was reduced to two infantry (21st, 22nd) and one artillery regiment (7th), armed with British weapons and materiel and renamed Combat Group "Cremona". The Cremona entered the front on 12 January 1945 as part of the British V Corps and when allied forces achieved a major breakthrough during the 1945 spring offensive the Cremona advanced towards Venice and liberated the city on 30 April 1945.

On 1 January 1972 the Services Unit "Cremona" was reformed as Services Grouping "Cremona" with a command platoon, a transport unit, a medical battalion, and a provisions supply company in Turin, and the Supply, Repairs, Recovery Unit "Cremona" in Venaria Reale. During the 1975 army reform the Infantry Division "Cremona" was reduced to Motorized Brigade "Cremona" and the services grouping was reformed as Logistic Battalion "Cremona", which received all the traditions of the preceding logistic, transport, medical, maintenance, and supply units of the Cremona divisions. The battalion was granted a war flag on 12 November 1976 by decree 846 of the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone.[9]

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 Turin
    • Command and Services Company
    • Supply Company
    • Medium Transport Company
    • Maintenance Company
    • Medical (Reserve) Unit

On 5 November 1996 the battalion was disbanded and parts of it were incorporated in the 1st Military Region Logistic Unit "Monviso". Afterwards the war flag of the Logistic Battalion "Cremona" was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome, where it remained until 28 October 2019.

Current structure

Like all Italian Army logistic units the Logistic Regiment "Sassari" consists of:[10]

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 "Sassari" - Esercito Italiano". www.esercito.difesa.it (in Italian). Esercito Italiano. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. "Istituito a Cagliari il Reggimento Logistico "Sassari" - Esercito Italiano". www.esercito.difesa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. "Istituito il Reggimento logistico Sassari: nuova unità operativa per i 'Dimonios'". Sardiniapost.it (in Italian). 31 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  4. "A Cagliari Reggimento logistico"Sassari" - Sardegna". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 29 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  5. "Esercito, Solinas "bene nuovo reparto" - Sardegna". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). Agenzia ANSA. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  6. Caria, Antonio (26 June 2019). "Brigata Sassari. Deidda (FDI): "Entro l'anno la costituzione del reggimento logistico"". Sardegnalive.net (in Italian). Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  7. "Esercito, i marescialli viterbesi protagonisti dell'esercitazione "Devil's fork"". Tusciaweb.eu (in Italian). 16 April 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  8. "Esercito Italiano: Divisione "NEMBO" (184^)". Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  9. "Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 12 novembre 1976, n. 846". Quirinale - Presidenza della Repubblica. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  10. "Reggimento Logistico "Pinerolo"". Ministero della Difesa. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
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