302nd Maintenance Battalion, US Army

302ND MAINTENANCE BATTALION, US ARMY

Coat of arms (crest) of 302nd Maintenance Battalion, US Army

(Coat of Arms)
Coat of arms (crest) of 302nd Maintenance Battalion, US Army

(Distinctive Unit Insignia)

Official blazon

Shield: Gules (Crimson), on a pile Or surmounted at tip with a fountain, a winged wheel Celeste charged with a hexagon on the second
Crest: That for the Regiments and separate Battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Or and Crimson 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: Optimum service

Distictive Unit Insignia, Description: A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consting of a gold inverted triangle with its lower portion on a light blue enamel demi-segment of a disc and its base point enarched, bearing a light blue enamel winged wheel, wings displayed and the wheel surmounted by a gold hexagon, angle up, all above a red enamel scroll lined gold, convolting to the sides the tirnagle, inscribed "OPTIMUM SERVICE" in gold letters.

Origin/meaning

Crimson and light blue are the colours used for Maintenance Units. The Triangle and Winged Wheel is form the arms of the City of St Paul, the unit's home site. The Heraldic Fountain alludes to Minnesota, called Land of 10,000 Lakes.The Wheel also denotes mobile maintenance, the Wings Aircraft maintenance. The Hexagon symbolizes both the tool and the chemical dencontamination aspects of the organization's mission. The arms were approved on 23 August 1996 and the Distinctive Unit Insignia on 22 april 1969.

Literature: The Institute of Heraldry, US Army


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