Logistic Regiment "Aosta"


The Logistic Regiment "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".

History

Logistic Battalion "Aosta"

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.
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:
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.

Current structure

Like all Italian Army logistic units the Logistic Regiment "Aosta" consists of:
The Regimental Command consists of the Commandant's and Personnel Office, the Operations, Training and Information Office, the Logistic Office, and the Administration Office.