The Transit Areas Management Regiment (Italian: Reggimento Gestione Aree di Transito) is a military logistics regiment of the Italian Army based in Bellinzago Novarese and Bari. The regiment is operationally assigned to the Logistic Support Command and manages the reception, staging and onward movement of equipment, personnel, and materiel from Italy to Italian military operations abroad. The unit was formed on 1 January 2015 by reorganizing and expanding the 1st Transport Regiment and together with the 6th General Support Logistic Regiment provides third line logistic support for the army's brigades and Rapid Deployable Corps – Italy.[2][3] 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.[4]
| Transit Areas Management Regiment | |
|---|---|
| Reggimento Gestione Aree di Transito | |
 Regimental coat of arms | |
| Active | 1 Jan. 1976 - today[1] |
| Country |  Italy |
| Branch | Italian Army |
| Role | Military logistics |
| Part of | Logistic Support Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Bellinzago Novarese and Bari |
| Motto(s) | "Forza, volontà, cuore" |
| Anniversaries | 22 May 1916 - Battle of Asiago |
| Insignia | |
| Unit gorget patches |  |
History edit
In 1963 the Italian Army reorganized its divisions along NATO standards and added a brigade level to the divisions' structure. As part of the reorganization the Armored Division "Centauro" formed three services battalions for its three brigades. On 1 September 1965 the command of the III Services Battalion "Centauro" was activated in Bellinzago Novarese. The battalion consisted of a command, a command and services platoon, a Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit, mixed auto section, and a reserve medical company. On 30 September 1968 the battalion was assigned to the division's Services Grouping Command "Centauro" and the next day the brigade headquarters of the division were disbanded.[5][6]
As part of the 1975 army reform the Armored Division "Centauro" was reorganized and on 1 October 1975 the 3rd Mechanized Brigade "Goito" and 31st Armored Brigade "Curtatone" were formed from the division's units. On 1 January 1976 III Services Battalion "Centauro" was renamed Logistic Battalion "Curtatone" and assigned to the 31st Mechanized Brigade "Curtatone".[5]
The battalion consisted of a command, a command platoon, a supply and transport company, a medium workshop, and a vehicle park.[5] At the time the battalion fielded 692 men (38 officers, 85 non-commissioned officers, and 569 soldiers).[7]
On 12 November 1976 the battalion was granted a flag by decree 846 of the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone.[5][8]
In 1981 the battalion was reorganized and consisted then of the following units:[5]
Battalion Command, in Bellinzago Novarese[5]
- Command and Services Company
- Supply Company
- Maintenance Company
- Medium Transport Company
- Medical Unit (Reserve)
In 1986 the Italian Army abolished the divisional level and brigades, which until then had been under one of the Army's four divisions, came under direct command of the Army's 3rd or 5th Army Corps. As the Armored Division "Centauro" carried the traditions of the 131st Armored Division "Centauro" and 136th Armored Legionary Division "Centauro", which both had served in World War II the army decided retain the name of the division. On 31 October 1986 the Centauro's division command in Novara was disbanded and the next day the command of the Mechanized Brigade "Curtatone" moved from Bellinzago Novarese to Novara, where the command was renamed 31st Armored Brigade "Centauro". The brigade retained the Curtatone's units, which changed their names from Curtatone to Centauro.[5][9][10]
For the next 15 years the battalion remained with the Armored Brigade Centauro until on 1 February 2001 the battalion was transferred to the Logistic Projection Brigade. On 24 September 2001 the battalion was reorganized as 1st Transport Regiment and consisted now of a command, a command and logistic support company, a transport battalion, and a movement control battalion. On 12 September 2013 the Logistic Projection Command was disbanded and the 1st Transport Regiment was assigned to the army's Logistic Support Command. In 2015 the regiment was reorganized and renamed Transit Areas Management Regiment.[6]
Organization edit
As of 2023 the Transit Areas Management Regiment consists of:[11][12]
See also edit
External links edit
References edit
- ^ "1° Reggimento Trasporti". Autieri National Association. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Al Reggimento di Bellinzago si aggiungono due nuovi battaglioni". Novara Today. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Comando Supporti - La Storia". Esercito Italiano. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Arma dei Trasporti e Materiali - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g F. dell'Uomo, R. Puletti (1998). L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Primo - Tomo II. Rome: SME - Ufficio Storico. p. 375.
- ^ a b "1° Reggimento Trasporti". Associazione Nazionale Autieri d’Italia. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ Stefani, Filippo (1989). La storia della dottrina e degli ordinamenti dell'Esercito Italiano - Vol. III - Tomo 2°. Rome: Ufficio Storico - Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito. p. 1190.
- ^ "Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 12 novembre 1976, n. 846". Quirinale - Presidenza della Repubblica. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ F. dell'Uomo, R. di Rosa (2001). L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Secondo - Tomo I. Rome: SME - Ufficio Storico. p. 35.
- ^ F. dell'Uomo, R. Puletti (1998). L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Primo - Tomo I. Rome: SME - Ufficio Storico. p. 96.
- ^ a b "Reggimento Gestione Aree di Transito". Italian Defense Ministry. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Reggimento Gestione Aree di Transito - Manuale di Gestione" (PDF). Italian Defense Ministry. Retrieved 23 December 2023.