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Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height consisting of a gold-rimmed disc forming the lower part of a buff-color keystone, the disc bearing alternate wavy bands, three green with two blue between them and encircled by a blue scroll terminating on each side of the keystone with the motto "KEYSTONE OF MOBILITY" in letters of the base metal.  
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height consisting of a gold-rimmed disc forming the lower part of a buff-color keystone, the disc bearing alternate wavy bands, three green with two blue between them and encircled by a blue scroll terminating on each side of the keystone with the motto "KEYSTONE OF MOBILITY" in letters of the base metal.  


===Origin/meaning===  
===Origin/meaning===  
Coat of Arms: The keystone, suggested by the unit's motto, is integrated with a gold wheel, symbolizing mobility, to illustrate the complete motto "Keystone of Mobility." Above the wheel, in chief, alternating wavy bands of black and ultramarine blue surmounted by a mural crown, the bands symbolizing oil and water respectively. Water and petroleum products, which are provided by the unit, are essential to survival on the battlefield. The color buff refers to the Quartermaster Corps.   
Coat of Arms: The keystone, suggested by the unit's motto, is integrated with a gold wheel, symbolizing mobility, to illustrate the complete motto "Keystone of Mobility." Above the wheel, in chief, alternating wavy bands of black and ultramarine blue surmounted by a mural crown, the bands symbolizing oil and water respectively. Water and petroleum products, which are provided by the unit, are essential to survival on the battlefield. The color buff refers to the Quartermaster Corps.   



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362ND QUARTERMASTER BATTALION, US ARMY

Arms of 362nd Quartermaster Battalion, US Army

(Coat of Arms)
Arms of 362nd Quartermaster Battalion, US Army

(Distinctive Unit Insignia)

Official blazon

Shield: Buff, a wheel Or, surmounted by a keystone Celeste, on a chief per fess wavy Sable and Azure a mural crown of the second detailed Black.
Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Or and Buff, the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Motto: KEYSTONE OF MOBILITY.

Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height consisting of a gold-rimmed disc forming the lower part of a buff-color keystone, the disc bearing alternate wavy bands, three green with two blue between them and encircled by a blue scroll terminating on each side of the keystone with the motto "KEYSTONE OF MOBILITY" in letters of the base metal.

Origin/meaning

Coat of Arms: The keystone, suggested by the unit's motto, is integrated with a gold wheel, symbolizing mobility, to illustrate the complete motto "Keystone of Mobility." Above the wheel, in chief, alternating wavy bands of black and ultramarine blue surmounted by a mural crown, the bands symbolizing oil and water respectively. Water and petroleum products, which are provided by the unit, are essential to survival on the battlefield. The color buff refers to the Quartermaster Corps.

Distinctive Unit Insignia: The keystone, suggested by the unit's motto, is integrated with a gold wheel, symbolizing mobility, to illustrate the complete motto "Keystone to Mobility." Within the wheel are contained alternate wavy bands of green and ultramarine blue, which symbolize oil and water respectively. Water and petroleum products, which are provided by the unit, are essential to survival on the battlefield. The color buff refers to the Quartermaster Corps.

The Coat of Arms was approved effective 16 September 1997. It was amended to correct the symbolism of the shield on 7 August 2003. The Distinctive Unit insignia was approved on 18 April 1984.


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