22/05/2015 - The Army Chief of Staff, Corps General Danilo Errico, attended today in Rome the feast of the Transport and Materials, celebrated on the 99th anniversary of the Battle of the Altipiani (1916), on the occasion of which the first major car transports of units were carried out.

The ceremony took place in the Great Hall of the School of Transportation and Materials, in the presence of the War Flag of the Transport and Materials, the medal collection of the National Autieri Association of Italy and the flags of the ANII - Rome Section.

During the event, which began after the deposition of a laurel wreath at the monument of fallen soldiers, the commander Transportation and Materials and Dean of the Arma, Major General Francesco Capillo, and the Army Logistic Commander intervened. , general of corps Alessandro Montuori.

The anniversary is linked to a tough battle fought on the Vicenza highlands during the 1 World War, between the 19 and 22 1916 May, when the first Army departments, moving quickly a large amount of men and materials, marked a turning point for the fate of the conflict.

Since then the commitment of the Transport and Materials has never failed and has allowed the Italian Army to keep pace with the organizational and technological evolution of the Armed Forces, especially in the management of transport, refueling activities. and maintaining the means, materials and weapons systems, for all units, at home and abroad.

Source: Logistic Command