12th Psychological Operations Battalion, US Army

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12TH PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS BATTALION, US ARMY

(Distinctive Unit Insignia)

Official blazon

Shield: Gray, a cross Sable charged with a second couped and barbed Argent, surmounted by a plate bearing a gunstone, charged with a lamp. Or, flamant Proper between four demi-arrows saltirewise issuant from the edges of the second.
Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Gray and Sable 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: MUTATIO ANIMI (Attitude Change).

Distinctive Unit Insignia, Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02cm) in height overall consisting of a gray enamel disc with four stylized black enamel arrows saltirewise with points to center, between a barbed white enamel cross surmounted at center, and touching the black arrows, by a white enamel disc bearing a gold lamp of knowledge with red flame, all above a gold scroll inscribed in black enamel letters the Latin words, "MUTATIO ANIMI," which is translated "Attitude Change."