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 ===Official blazon===
+Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. Description: On a blue shield with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) white border, a red trident-head issuing from base emitting two yellow lightning flashes and surmounted in base by a white vol; overall a black dagger. Attached above the shield a blue arced tab with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) white border inscribed “AIRBORNE” in white letters. The overall dimensions are 3 1/4 inches (8.26 cm) in height by 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm) in width.
+Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A gold color metal and enamel device, 1 1/4 inches (3.18 cm) in height overall, issuant between and above the wings of a blue vol the head of a red trident, emitting two yellow lightning flashes pilewise, overall a black dagger erect.  Attached above is a blue scroll inscribed “MOLON LABE” in gold letters.
 ===Origin/meaning===
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+Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: The wings represent airborne and air operations; the trident is for underwater and sea operations. The lightning flashes represent speed and communications, while the dagger alludes to Special Forces functions. The shield symbolizes a strong defense and denotes the command structure of the organization.
+Distinctive Unit Insignia: The wings represent airborne and air operations; the trident is for underwater and sea operations.  The lightning flashes represent speed and communications, while the dagger alludes to Special Forces functions.  The shield symbolizes a strong defense and denotes the command structure of the organization.  The motto, “MOLON LABE” is a Greek phrase which means “Come And Get Them.”  The phrase is derived from the famous battle of Thermopylae between the Spartans and the Persians.
+The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was approved on 27 October 1995. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was approved on 3 May 2005.
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-[[Literature]]: Images from Wikimedia Commons
+[[Literature]]: Images and Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.
 [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]]
 [[Category: Army heraldry]]
+[[Category:Granted 1995]]
+[[Categroy:Granted 2005]]