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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: Red and yellow are the colors traditionally associated with Air Defense Artillery; blue is symbolic of the skies which are the battlefield of the unit. The arrowhead refers to the unit's missile systems and the lightning bolt alludes to speed. The rayed sun represents Florida, the unit's location. | |||
Distinctive Unit Insignia: The colors red and yellow are traditionally associated with Air Defense Artillery. The gold-rayed sun alludes to Florida, the unit's home location. Blue represents the skies which are the battlefield of the unit and the arrowhead is symbolic of the unit's missile systems. Black refers to stability and twenty-four hour military preparedness of the unit. The lightning bolt alludes to speed. | |||
The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was approved on 6 February 1989. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was approved 1 October 1988 | |||
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[[Literature]]: Images from Wikimedia Commons | [[Literature]]: Images from Wikimedia Commons. 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 1988]] | |||
[[Category: Granted 1989]] | |||