8th Transport Regiment "Casilina"
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8th Transport Regiment "Casilina" | |
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8° Reggimento Trasporti "Casilina" | |
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Active | 27 April 1998 - today[1] |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | Italian Army |
Role | Military logistics |
Part of | Army Logistic Command |
Garrison/HQ | Rome |
Motto(s) | "Semper sustinere" |
Anniversaries | 22 May 1916 - Battle of Asiago |
Insignia | |
Unit gorget patches |
The 8th Transport Regiment "Casilina" (Italian: 8° Reggimento Trasporti "Casilina") is a military logistics regiment of the Italian Army based in Rome. The regiment is operationally assigned to the Army Logistic Command and provides the transport between operational units and the logistic command's maintenance centers.[2] Like all transport units of the Italian Army the regiment was named for a historic road near its base: in the 8th regiment's case for the medieval Via Casilina.
Current structure
As of 2019 the 8th Transport Regiment "Casilina" consists of:[2]
Regimental Command, in Rome
- Command and Logistic Support Company
- Transport Battalion
- Mixed Transport Company
- Heavy Transport Company
- Maintenance Company
The Command and Logistic Support Company fields the following platoons: C3 Platoon, Transport and Materiel Platoon, Medical Platoon, and Commissariat Platoon.
See also
External links
References
- ^ "8° Reggimento Trasporti "Casilina" - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ a b "8° Reggimento Trasporti "Casilina"". Italian Army. Retrieved 25 December 2019.