Transit Areas Management Regiment

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 Logistic Support Regiment provides third line logistic support for the army's brigades and Rapid Deployable Corps – Italy.[2][3]

Transit Areas Management Regiment
Reggimento Gestione Aree di Transito
Regimental coat of arms
Active1 January 1976 - today[1]
Country Italy
BranchItalian Army
RoleMilitary logistics
Part ofLogistic Support Command
Garrison/HQBellinzago Novarese and Bari
Motto(s)"Forza, volontà, cuore"
Anniversaries22 May 1916 - Battle of Asiago
Insignia
Unit gorget patches

History

In 1963 the Italian Army reorganized its divisions and created autonomous brigades under a division's command. Consequently on 1 September 1963 the III Services Battalion "Centauro" was formed in Bellinzago Novarese to support the Armored Division "Centauro"'s III Brigade. On 1 October 1968 the brigades of the divisions were disbanded and the III Services Battalion was assigned to the division's Services Grouping "Centauro".[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. On 1 January 1976 the III Services Battalion was renamed Logistic Battalion "Curtatone" and assigned to the 31st Armored Brigade "Curtatone".[4][5] On 12 November 1976 the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone issued decree 846, which granted the new units their flags.[6]

Initially the battalion consisted of a command, a command platoon, a transport and supply company, a medium workshop, and a vehicles park. On 1 October 1981 the battalion as reorganized and now consisted of a command, a command and services company, a supply company, a maintenance company, a medium transport company. On 1 October 1986 the Italian Army abolished the divisional level and the Armored Division "Centauro" was disbanded and the division's name and traditions passed to 31st Armored Brigade "Curtatone", which was renamed 31st Armored Brigade "Centauro". Therefore on 1 May 1987 the Logistic Battalion "Curtatone" was renamed Logistic Battalion "Centauro".[4]

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 regimental 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.[4]

Structure

As of 2022 the Transit Areas Management Regiment consists of:

  • Regimental Command, in Bellinzago Novarese[2]
    • Command and Logistic Support Company
    • Logistic Battalion, in Bellinzago Novarese
    • Logistic Battalion, in Bari
    • Transit Areas Management Battalion, in Bellinzago Novarese
    • Transit Areas Management Battalion, in Bari

The Command and Logistic Support Company fields the following platoons: C3 Platoon, Transport and Materiel Platoon, Medical Platoon, and Commissariat Platoon.

See also

References
  1. "1° Reggimento Trasporti". Autieri National Association. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. "Al Reggimento di Bellinzago si aggiungono due nuovi battaglioni". Novara Today. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  3. "Comando Supporti - La Storia". Esercito Italiano. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  4. "1° Reggimento Trasporti". Associazione Nazionale Autieri d’Italia. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  5. F. dell'Uomo, R. Puletti (1998). L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Primo - Tomo II. Rome: SME - Ufficio Storico. p. 375.
  6. "Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 12 novembre 1976, n. 846". Quirinale - Presidenza della Repubblica. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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