93rd Signal Brigade, US Army

93RD SIGNAL BRIGADE, US ARMY

(Shoulder Sleeve Insignia)

(Distinctive Unit Insignia)

Official blazon

Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. Description: Centered upon a blue disc 2 3/4 inches in diameter a white nine-pointed star, and centered thereon in a triangular form, three orange flashes.

Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches in height overall consisting of the shield and motto of the organization emblazoned: Shield: Azure over a flash in bend Argent a torch (bronze metal) proper, inflamed of the last, in sinister three mullets palewise Or. Motto: Loyalty, Harmony, Accuracy.

Origin/meaning

Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: The colors blue and white are a reference to the organization which is served by the unit. Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the US Army Signal Corps and the flashes refer to the signal communications mission of the organization. The outward points of the star connote signals transmitted and the inward points connote signals received. The nine points and three flashes allude to the unit’s numerical designation.

Distinctive Unit Insignia: The blue background denotes loyalty to country, friends, promises, and duty. The lightning stroke is indicative of communications and accuracy. The stars and torch are taken in part from the flag of the State of Indiana. The three stars are symbolic of the unit’s early affiliations with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, and its site of activation at Camp Crowder, Missouri. The motto, Loyalty, Harmony, Accuracy, alludes to the outstanding characteristics which have manifested themselves from the first days of the existence of the organization and throughout the performance of all its duties.

The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was approved on 10 February 1981. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the 93d Signal Battalion on 20 February 1943 and then redesignated for the 93d Signal Brigade on 29 October 1980.

Literature: Images from Wikimedia Commons. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.

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