Logistic Regiment "Aosta"

The Logistic Regiment "Aosta" (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". On 20 November 2015 the regiment received the flag of the Logistic Battalion "Aosta" and thus received the name and traditions of the Logistic Battalion "Aosta". 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


The regiment is the spiritual successor of the logistic units of the Royal Italian Army's 28th Infantry Division "Aosta", which was destroyed in the Allied invasion of Sicily of World War II. The regiment is also the spiritual successor of the logistic units of the Italian Co-Belligerent Armys' Internal Security Division "Aosta", which was formed on 14 October 1944 in Sicily and reduced to Infantry Brigade "Aosta" on 15 August 1946. The brigade was again expanded to full division on 1 February 1948, but following a revision of strategy it was once more reduced to brigade on 21 February 1961.

Service Units Command "Aosta"
On 1 February 1957 the logistic units of the Infantry Division "Aosta" were assigned to the newly formed Service Units Command "Aosta" in Messina. The command consisted of a medical section, a provisions section, a mobile vehicle park, a mobile workshop, and an auto unit. On 1 July 1960 the mobile vehicle park and mobile workshop were merged to form the Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit "Aosta".

With the division slated to be reduced to brigade the Service Units Command "Aosta" was disbanded on 15 December 1960, with only the Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit "Aosta" and Auto Unit "Aosta" joining the brigade on 21 February 1961.

Logistic Battalion "Aosta"
As part of the 1975 army reform the Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit "Aosta" and Auto Unit "Aosta" were merged on 1 October 1975 to form the Logistic Battalion "Aosta", which received all the traditions of the preceding logistic, transport, medical, maintenance, and supply units of the Aosta units. The battalion consisted of a command, a command platoon, a supply and transport company, a medium workshop, a vehicle park, and a medical company. At the time the battalion fielded 651 men (37 officers, 82 non-commissioned officers, and 532 soldiers).

On 12 November 1976 the battalion was granted a flag by decree 846 of the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone.

On 1 October 1981 the battalion was reorganized and consisted then of the following units:


 * CoA mil ITA btg logistico aosta.png Battalion Command, in Messina
 * Command and Services Company
 * Supply Company
 * Maintenance Company
 * Medium Transport Company
 * Medical Unit (Reserve)

On 1 February 2002 the battalion was disbanded and the next day its flag was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome, where it remained until November 2015.

Organization
Like all Italian Army brigade logistic units the Logistic Regiment "Aosta" consists of:


 * CoA mil ITA rgt logistico aosta.png Regimental Command, in Palermo
 * Command and Logistic Support Company
 * Logistic Battalion
 * Command
 * Transport Company
 * Maintenance Company