Joint Forces Maneuver Regiment (Italy)

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Joint Forces Maneuver Regiment
Reggimento di Manovra Interforze
Regimental coat of arms
Active1 Jan. 2004 - today[1]
Country Italy
BranchItalian Armed Forces
RoleMilitary logistics
Part ofDefense General Staff
Garrison/HQRome
Motto(s)"Con perizia ovunque"
Anniversaries22 May 1916 - Battle of Asiago
Insignia
Unit gorget patches

The Joint Forces Maneuver Regiment (Italian: Reggimento di Manovra Interforze) is a military logistics regiment of the Italian Armed Forces based in Rome. The regiment is operationally assigned to the Defense General Staff and provides the necessary transport for the staff and the Italian Ministry of Defense to operate.[1] 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.[2]

History[edit]

In 1946 the Auto Unit of the War Ministry was formed by expanding the existing Administrative Transport Company. On 1 January 1948 the unit was expanded to Auto Group of the Defense Ministry-Army, which consisted of a command, a car auto unit, a mixed auto unit, and the 13th Light Workshop. On 1 May 1958 the group was renamed X Auto Group. In 1966 the group was expanded to four auto units.[3]

As part of the 1975 army reform the X Auto Group was renamed 10th Maneuver Auto Group on 1 August 1976. On 1 October 1976 the group was renamed 10th Joint Forces Maneuver Auto Group "Salaria". Like all Italian Army transport units the group was named for a historic road near its base: in the 10th group's case for the Roman road Via Salaria.[3]

On 12 November 1976 the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone issued decree 846, which granted the group a new flag.[3][4]

on 1 January 2004 the group was renamed 10th Transport Battalion "Salaria" and entered the newly formed Joint Forces Maneuver Regiment, which became a joint unit of the Italian Armed Forces, even though the regiment's personnel continues to be drawn from the army's Transport and Material Arm.[3]

Organization[edit]

As of 2023 the Joint Forces Maneuver Regiment consists of:[1][5]

  • Regimental Command, in Rome[1][5]
    • Command and Logistic Support Company
    • 10th Transport Battalion "Salaria"
      • 1st Transport Company
      • 2nd Transport Company
      • 3rd Transport Company
      • Maintenance Company

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Reggimento di Manovra Interforze". Ministero della Difesa. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Arma dei Trasporti e Materiali - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d F. dell'Uomo, R. Puletti (1998). L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Primo - Tomo II. Rome: SME - Ufficio Storico. p. 415.
  4. ^ "Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 12 novembre 1976, n. 846". Quirinale - Presidenza della Repubblica. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Reggimento di Manovra Interforze". Ministero della Difesa. Retrieved 22 November 2023.