228th Signal Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard
228TH SIGNAL BRIGADE, SOUTH CAROLINA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
 (Shoulder Sleeve Insignia) |
 (Distinctive Unit Insignia) |
| English | Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. Description: Centered on a blue shield arched at the top and bottom, two inches (5.08cm) in width and three inches (7.62cm) in height overall, a broad orange bar arched at top and bottom, and centered overall a white bayonet surmounted above the hilt by a white crescent bearing two orange lightning flashes all within an 1/8 inch (.32cm) white border.
Distinctive Unit Insignia: Description. A silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in height overall consisting of three stylized mountain peaks divided horizontally blue and green in back of a white enamel crescent bearing an orange enamel lightning flash throughout and surmounted vertically by a silver bayonet, the blade between two silver fleurs-de-lis within the crescent and the guard below the crescent, all enclosed at side and base by a wavy silver scroll passing over the hilt of the bayonet and inscribed, "STRENGTH IN ELECTRONICS," in black enamel letters |
Origin/meaning
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: Orange and white are the colors of the Signal Corps. Blue and white are the colors associated with Infantry and the South Carolina Army National Guard and refer to the unit's heritage and war experience. The bayonet suggests the unit's long military history beginning in 1907 as an infantry unit. The white crescent is taken from the flag of the unit's home state. The lightning flashes allude to the unit's mission and motto.
Distinctive Unit Insignia: Orange and white are the colors used for the Signal Corps and blue and white are the colors used for the South Carolina Army National Guard. A bayonet is indicative of infantry, and a fleur-de-lis of France, the wavy scroll simulates water, all referring to the heritage and service of the organization. As a unit of the 1st Regiment of Infantry in 1916, the organization served in the Mexican Border, and as a unit of the 118th Infantry, WW I, participated in the Somme Offensive, Ypres-lys and Flanders 1918 campaigns in France, and the Northern France and Rhineland campaigns during WW II. The white crescent from the flag of South Carolina represents the home state of the organization and with the lighting flash alludes to both the motto and the overall mission. The stylized mountain peaks refer to the Blue Ridge Mountains and allude to Spartanburg, the unit's home area, located at the foot of the mountains.
The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was approved on 6 April 1981. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the 228th Signal Group on 9 July 1971. It was redesignated for the 228th Signal Brigade on 21 September 1982.
Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons and The Institute of Heraldry, US Army
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