Logistic Regiment "Sassari"

The establishment of a logistic unit for the Mechanized Brigade "Sassari" began in March 2019.{{cite news |title=Esercito, Solinas "bene nuovo reparto" - Sardegna |url=http://www.ansa.it/sardegna/notizie/2019/11/02/esercito-solinas-bene-nuovo-reparto_0ab10e22-e834-4e1b-b541-b0513a0d1266.html |access-date=17 October 2024 |work=Agenzia ANSA }} In June 2019, the Italian Parliament authorized the establishment of the logistic regiment.{{cite news |last1=Caria |first1=Antonio |title=Brigata Sassari. Deidda (FDI): "Entro l'anno la costituzione del reggimento logistico" |url=https://www.sardegnalive.net/news/politica/35849/brigata-sassari-deidda-fdi-entro-l-anno-la-costituzione-del-reggimento-logistico |access-date=17 October 2024 |work=Sardegnalive.net }}{{cite news |title=Esercito, i marescialli viterbesi protagonisti dell'esercitazione "Devil's fork" |url=http://www.tusciaweb.eu/2019/04/esercito-marescialli-viterbesi-protagonisti-dellesercitazione-devils-fork/ |access-date=17 October 2024 |work=Tusciaweb.eu }}

On 1 November 2019, the regiment was declared operational and received the flag of the Logistic Battalion "Cremona". On 29 November 2019, the regiment's troops took their oath in front of the newly arrived the flag.

The Logistic Battalion "Cremona" is the spiritual successor of the logistic units of the 44th Infantry Division "Cremona", which since March 1941 was deployed to Sardinia. In fall 1942, the "Cremona" division was sent, together with the 20th Infantry Division "Friuli", to occupy the island of Corsica. In the evening of 8 September 1943, the Armistice of Cassibile, which ended hostilities between the Kingdom of Italy and the Anglo-American Allies, was announced by General Dwight D. Eisenhower on Radio Algiers and by Marshal Pietro Badoglio on Italian radio. The next day the "Friuli" division and "Cremona" division fought the German Sturmbrigade Reichsführer SS and 90th Panzergrenadier Division, which were retreating through Corsica to the harbour of Bastia in the island's North. The "Friuli" and "Cremona" divisions then moved to Sardinia and joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army. In fall 1944, the "Cremona" division was reorganized as Combat Group "Cremona", which fought on the allied side in the Italian campaign. On 30 April 1945, the Combat Group "Cremona" liberated Venice.{{cite book |last1=F. dell'Uomo, R. Puletti |title=L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Primo - Tomo II |date=1998 |publisher=SME - Ufficio Storico |location=Rome |page=376}}

After World War II the combat group was renamed Infantry Division "Cremona" and moved to the city of Turin. As part of the 1975 army reform the "Cremona" division was reorganized as Motorized Brigade "Cremona" and on 30 October 1975, the division's services grouping command was reorganized as Logistic Battalion "Cremona", which received the traditions of all preceding logistic, transport, medical, maintenance, and supply units bearing the name "Cremona".

On 5 November 1996, the Logistic Battalion "Cremona" was disbanded and the following 13 November the battalion's flag was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome for safekeeping. On 28 October 2019, the commander of the Logistic Regiment "Sassari" and the regiment's flag team retrieved the flag of the Logistic Battalion "Cremona" in the Vittoriano and transferred it to Sardinia, where the following 1 November, the flag was paraded in front of the assembled regiment, which then took officially possession of the flag.

As of 2024 the Logistic Regiment "Sassari" is organized as follows:{{cite web |title=Reggimento Logistico "Sassari" |url=https://www.difesa.it/protocollo/aoo-difesa/esercito/e25521/35352.html |publisher=Ministero della Difesa |access-date=17 October 2024}}

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• 30px Logistic Regiment "Sassari", in Cagliari
• Command and Logistic Support Company
• Logistic Battalion
• Transport Company
• Maintenance Company
• Supply Company

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• Military logistics

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• [https://www.esercito.difesa.it/organizzazione/capo-di-sme/COMFOTER/Comando-Forze-Operative-Sud/Brigata-meccanizzata-Sassari/Reggimento-Logistico-Sassari Italian Army Website: Reggimento Logistico "Sassari"]

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