14th Transport Battalion "Flavia"

The 14th Transport Battalion "Flavia" (14° Battaglione Trasporti "Flavia") is an inactive military logistics battalion of the Italian Army, which was based in Montorio Veronese in Veneto. Originally a transport regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the unit was last active from 1976 to 1998. The regimental anniversary falls, as for all units of the Transport and Materiel Corps, on 22 May, the anniversary of the Italian Army's first major automobile use to transport reinforcements to counter the Austro-Hungarian Offensive at Asiago in 1916.

History
On 15 February 1940 the 14th Automobilistic Center was formed in Treviso and assigned to the XIV Army Corps. The center consisted of a command, the XIV Automobilistic Group, and a depot.

On 1 July 1942 the unit was renamed 14th Drivers Regiment. The regiment was disbanded by invading German forces after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943.

During World War II the center mobilized in its depot in Treviso among others the following units:


 * 25th Mixed Auto Group
 * 14th Roadside Assistance Unit
 * 13th Auto Workshop
 * 18th Heavy Mobile Workshop
 * 38th Heavy Mobile Workshop
 * 43rd Heavy Mobile Workshop
 * 63rd Heavy Mobile Workshop

On 30 June 1969 the 16th Mixed Territorial Auto Unit was disbanded and the next day its personnel and materiel were used to form the V Territorial Auto Group. The group was assigned to the V Army Corps and consisted of a command, a command unit, the 15th Mixed Auto Unit, the 16th Mixed Auto Unit, and a cars and autobus auto section. On 18 November of the same year the group moved from Verona to Montorio Veronese.

14th Transport Battalion "Flavia"
As part of the 1975 army reform the V Territorial Auto Group was renamed 5th Maneuver Auto Group on 1 August 1976. On 1 October 1976 the group was renamed 14th Maneuver Auto Group "Flavia". Like all Italian Army transport units the group was named for a historic road near its base, in case of the 14th Maneuver Auto Group for the Roman road Via Flavia.

On 12 November 1976 the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone issued decree 846, which granted the group a new flag and assigned the traditions of the 14th Drivers Regiment to the group.

On 1 April 1991 the 14th Maneuver Auto Group "Flavia" was reorganized as 14th Transport Battalion "Flavia". The battalion consisted now of a command, a command and services company, a mixed transport company, and a special transports company.

On 5 November 1996 the 14th Transport Battalion "Flavia" and the 5th Maneuver Logistic Battalion "Euganeo" in Treviso were disbanded. The next day the personnel and materiel of the two battalions were used to from the 14th Military Region Logistic Unit "Flavia" in Montorio Veronese. The new unit consisted of a command, a command and services company, a transport battalion, and a movement control and convoy escort company. The battalion fielded a mixed transport company, a special transport company, and a maintenance company.

On 30 June 1998 the 14th Military Region Logistic Unit "Flavia" was disbanded and subsequently the flag of the 14th Drivers Regiment was returned to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome.