262nd Quartermaster Battalion, US Army
262ND QUARTERMASTER BATTALION, US ARMY
 (Coat of Arms) |
 (Distinctive Unit Insignia) |
Official blazon
Shield: Buff, on a mount Vert two lightning flashes chevronwise reversed Gules fimbriated Or, supporting a wheel Red (Brick Red) hubbed and rimmed of the fourth charged with an annulet of thirteen mullets of the last, overall a goutte-de-poix.
Motto: LIFE LINE TO VICTORY.
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in width overall consisting of a black enamel liquid globule between two red enamel electric flashes in front of a Quartermaster wheel (blue enamel with thirteen gold stars and thirteen gold spokes) all beneath an arched blue enamel scroll bearing the inscription "LIFE LINE TO VICTORY" in gold letters.
Origin/meaning
Coat of Arms: The goutte-de-poix symbolizes petroleum and alludes to the organization's mission to provide storage, distribution, and quality surveillance of petroleum to supported units. The Quartermaster wheel, with its thirteen (13) stars and spokes, is symbolic of the battalion's Quartermaster heritage and also depicts the transportation (movements of packaged and bulk petroleum) mission of the battalion. The two red flashes refer to the battalion's service in World War II in France and Germany.
Distinctive Unit Insignia: The black globule symbolizes "Petroleum," and alludes to the organization's mission to provide storage, distribution and quality surveillance of petroleum to supported units. The Quartermaster wheel with its thirteen (13) stars and spokes are symbolic of the battalion's Quartermaster heritage and also depicts the transportation (movements of packaged and bulk petroleum) mission of the battalion. The two red flashes refer to the Battalion's service in World War II in France and Germany.
The arms were approved on 22 April 1996. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was approved on 15 February 1967. Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons
and The Institute of Heraldry, US Army. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.