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2nd Alpine Signal Regiment
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<p>The 2nd Alpine Signal Regiment is an expeditionary <a href="/facts/Military_communications/SByW0dwA">signals</a> regiment of the <a href="/facts/Italian_Army/alAVho1b">Italian Army</a> based in <a href="/facts/Bolzano/4dzTthN4">Bolzano</a> in <a href="/facts/South_Tyrol/KRMwFeWs">South Tyrol</a> that specializes in <a href="/facts/Mountain_warfare/TPEca6p3">mountain warfare</a>. Since 1951, the unit has been assigned of the <a href="/facts/COMALP/Ym0xbfKV">4th Alpine Army Corps</a> and has therefore a strong association with the Italian Army's mountain infantry speciality, the <a href="/facts/Alpini/6ur3lnLT">Alpini</a>, with whom the regiment shares the distinctive <a href="/facts/Cappello_Alpino/7EnXKW6C">Cappello Alpino</a>. The unit was first active from 1926 to 1932 as 2nd Radio-Telegraphers Regiment. </p><p>In 1952, the unit was reformed as a battalion and given the number IV, which had been used by two signal battalions during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>. During the <a href="/facts/Cold_War/spJdJQ3q">Cold War</a> the battalion was assigned to the <a href="/facts/IV_Army_Corps_(Italy)/Ym0xbfKV">IV Army Corps</a>. In 1975, the battalion was named for the <a href="/facts/Gardena_Pass/NTQBLLpG">Gardena Pass</a> and assigned the flag and traditions of the 2nd Radio-Telegraphers Regiment. In 1992, the battalion lost its autonomy and entered the reformed 2nd Signal Regiment. In 2001, the regiment reformed the <a href="/facts/Signal_Battalion_%22Pordoi%22/uIkYPFQn">Signal Battalion "Pordoi"</a> as its second signal battalion. The regiment is assigned to the army's <a href="/facts/Signal_Command_(Italy)/RUvgf2vW">Signal Command</a> and affiliated with the <a href="/facts/COMALP/Ym0xbfKV">Alpine Troops Command</a>. The regiment's anniversary falls, as for all signal units, on 20 June 1918, the day the <a href="/facts/Austro-Hungarian_Army/XLRpwQQY">Austro-Hungarian Army</a> began its retreat across the <a href="/facts/Piave_(river)/QWWJv7c4">Piave</a> river during the <a href="/facts/Second_Battle_of_the_Piave_River/qazaAl15">Second Battle of the Piave River</a>. </p>