Lagunari Regiment "Serenissima"
Military unit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Lagunari Regiment "Serenissima"?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The Lagunari Regiment "Serenissima" (Italian: Reggimento Lagunari "Serenissima") is the active unit of Italian Army's infantry arm's amphibious Lagunari speciality. The name of the specialty comes from the Italian word for lagoon (Italian: laguna), while the regiment's name "Serenissima" commemorates the Most Serene Republic of Venice (Italian: Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia). The regiment is based in Venice and assigned to the Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli". The "Pozzuolo del Friuli" brigade forms, together with the Italian Navy's Third Naval Division and San Marco Marine Brigade, the Italian Armed Forces' Sea Projection Force (Italian: Forza di proiezione dal mare).[5][6][7]
Lagunari Regiment "Serenissima" | |
---|---|
Reggimento Lagunari "Serenissima" | |
Active | 1 Sept. 1957 – today[1] |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli" |
Garrison/HQ | Venice |
Motto(s) | "Come lo scoglio infrango, come l'onda travolgo" |
Anniversaries | 25 June 1984 - Elevation to infantry speciality |
Decorations | 1x Military Order of Italy 1x Gold Medal of Army Valor 1x Silver Medal of Army Valor[2] 2x Silver Crosses of Army Merit[3][4] |
Insignia | |
Lagunari gorget patches |
The regiment was formed in 1957 as the Italian Army's amphibious force. Although the Lagunari are the youngest speciality of the Italian Army's infantry, the regiment carries the traditions of the naval infantry of the Republic of Venice, the traditions of the Republic of San Marco's Cacciatori del Sile, the traditions of Royal Italian Army's engineer arm's Lagunari units of World War I, and the traditions of the Amphibious Battalion "Sile".[6]