Logistic Regiment "Julia"
military unit
The Logistic Regiment "Julia" (Italian: Reggimento Logistico "Julia") is a military logistics regiment of the Italian Army based in Meran in South Tyrol. Today the regiment is the logistic unit of the Alpine Brigade "Julia" and shares with the brigade's infantry troops, the Alpini, the distinctive Cappello Alpino. The regiment's anniversary falls, as for all units of the Italian Army's Transport and Materiel Corps, on 22 May, the anniversary of the Royal Italian Army's first major use of automobiles to transport reinforcements to the Asiago plateau to counter the Austro-Hungarian Asiago Offensive in May 1916.
History
Cold War
On 15 September 1969, the IV Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit was formed in Bolzano as support unit of the IV Army Corps. On 1 October 1981, the unit was reorganized and renamed 4th Maneuver Logistic Battalion. Initially the battalion consisted of a command, a command and services company, a supply company, a maintenance company. On 31 August 1982, the 4th Army Corps Auto Group "Claudia" in Eppan was disbanded and the next day the disbanded group's two mixed auto units were used to form a medium transport company and two mixed transport companies, which were assigned to the 4th Maneuver Logistic Battalion.
On 1 November 1986, as part of the 1986 army reform, the battalion was renamed 24th Maneuver Logistic Battalion "Dolomiti". As per army naming convention for logistic units supporting corps-level commands the battalion was named for a geographic feature in the corps' area of operations; in case of the 24th battalion for the Dolomites mountains (Italian: Dolomiti).
On 13 July 1987, President of the Italian Republic Francesco Cossiga granted the battalion a flag, which arrived in Bolzano on 22 May 1988.
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