2nd Alpine Signal Regiment

On 20 August 1951 the IV Connections Battalion was formed in Bolzano as support unit of the IV Territorial Military Command. Due to its number the battalion became the spiritual successor of the IV Telegraphers Battalion, which had been formed by the 10th Engineer Regiment during World War II, and also of the IV Army Connections Battalion, which had been formed by the 5th Engineer Regiment during the same conflict. On 1 October 1952 the Connections Speciality became an autonomous speciality of the Engineer Arm, with its own school and gorget patches. On 16 May 1953 the speciality adopted the name Signal Speciality and consequently the IV Connections Battalion was renamed IV Signal Battalion on the same date. In January 1954 the battalion was renamed IV Army Corps Signal Battalion and consisted of a command, an operations company, a line construction company, and a signal center. In 1967 the battalion formed a second line construction company.[1][4]

During the 1975 army reform the army disbanded the regimental level and newly independent battalions were granted for the first time their own flags. During the reform signal battalions were renamed for mountain passes.[6] On 1 October 1975 the IV Army Corps Signal Battalion was renamed 4th Signal Battalion "Gardena" and assigned the flag and traditions of the 2nd Radio-Telegraphers Regiment. The battalion consisted of a command, a command and services platoon, three signal companies, and a repairs and recovery platoon.[7]

On 22 January 1976 the battalion's troops received the Cappello Alpino. On 21 March 1976 the flag of the 2nd Radio-Telegraphers Regiment arrived in Bolzano and was transferred to the custody of the battalion.[1][4] In 1978 the battalion was ordered to form a fourth signal company in Bolzano, but due to a lack of lodgings the company was only activated and staffed in December 1984.[4]

On 1 February 1949 the VII Connections Battalion was formed in Rovezzano as support unit of the VII Territorial Military Command in Florence. The battalion consisted of command, a command company, a connections operations company, line construction company, and the 7th Territorial Connections Company, which had been transferred to the new battalion from the VII Territorial Military Command. On 15 February 1954 the battalion was renamed VII Army Corps Signal Battalion and consisted of a command, an operations company, a line construction company, a signal center and the 7th Territorial Signal Company.[8]

On 1 October 1957 the 7th Territorial Signal Company was transferred to the newly formed XLIII Signal Battalion. In October 1959 the battalion moved from Rovezzano to Paluzza in Friuli, where it joined the 5th Army Corps. On 1 March 1960 the VII Army Corps Signal Battalion was assigned to the Carnia-Cadore Troops Command, a division level command consisting of the Alpine Brigade "Cadore" and Alpine Brigade "Julia". The Carnia-Cadore Troops Command was part of the IV Army Corps and tasked with the defense of the Italian border in the Cadore region and along the Carnic Alps.[8]

In 1962 the battalion moved to Bassano del Grappa. By 1969 the battalion consisted of a command, a command and services platoon, two active signal companies, and one reserve signal company.[8]

The Carnia-Cadore Troops Command was disbanded in June 1975 and the VII Army Corps Signal Battalion passed to the IV Army Corps. On 31 August 1976 the battalion was reduced to 7th Signal Company and now consisted of a command, a command and services platoon, and three radio relay platoons.[8]

On 27 August 1992 the 4th Signal Battalion "Gardena" lost its autonomy and the next day the battalion entered the newly formed 2nd Signal Regiment as Battalion "Spluga". On the same date the flag and traditions of the 2nd Radio-Telegraphers Regiment were transferred from the battalion to the 2nd Signal Regiment.[4] The same day the Gardena incorporated the 7th Signal Company in Bassano del Grappa as 2nd Radio Relay Company, which was disbanded on 28 February 1999.[1]

On 10 February 2000 the regiment joined the army's C4 IEW Command. On 26 September 2001 the regiment reformed Battalion "Pordoi" and became a projection signal regiment capable to deploy and operate outside Italy. On 1 January 2009 the regiment was renamed 2nd Alpine Signal Regiment.[1]