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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: On a shield divided bend sinisterwise red and white with a 1/8 inch (.32cm) black border, 3 3/8 inches (8.57cm) in height and 2 3/8 inches (6.03cm) in width overall, a yellow eagle in flight. | |||
Distinctive Unit Insignia: Description: A gold color metal and enamel device, 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in height overall consisting of a shield divided bendwise blue and red and bearing a gold saber detailed black between a gold eagle and a white star; attached below the shield is a black scroll inscribed ‘IMPETUM PERSEQUI" in gold. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: The eagle in flight refers to the unit’s heritage as the Combat Aviation Training Brigade and the Apache Training Brigade. Red and white are the colors designated for cavalry units. | |||
distinctive Unit Insignia: Red and white are the colors traditionally used by Cavalry units. Gold is for excellence; blue represents the sky and the unit’s theater of operations. The star, for Texas, denotes the unit’s location while the eagle underscores their mission. | |||
The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was authorized on 11 April 1997. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was authorized on 17 June 1997. | |||
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[[Literature]]: Images from Wikimedia Commons | [[Literature]]: Images from Wikimedia Commons and The Institute of Heraldry, US Army. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army. | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category: Army heraldry]] | [[Category: Army heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1997]] |