Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armoured Division, US Army
SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 3RD BRIGADE, 1ST ARMOURED DIVISION, US ARMY
Official blazon
Shield: On a pale Azure between a fasces Vert and a key Celeste, wards upward and outward, a lightning bolt of the first, a base embattled Gules, masoned and edged of the first changed with a hexagon of the second, fimbriated and bearing another of the first; all within a brodure tierced in pairle Argent, of the third and of the second.
Crest: From a wreath Or and Azure, a olive crown Proper bound together by a ribbon Gules, of the second, Argent and of the third surmounted by two scimitars Proper, points upward, in saltire at base.
Motto: Forward always
Origin/meaning
The fasces symbolises the Military Police element of the Battalion, the key th Military Intelligence emlement. The lightning bolt symbolises the Signal element and the embattled wall the Engineer element and the hexagon the chemical reconnaissance provide to the Brigade. The colours of the brodure indicate the ability to deploy either by air, land or sea. The Crest's olive Crown symbolises participation in World War II and the crossed scimitars symbolises Campaign credits for Southwest Asia and Iraq. The Ribbon symbolises the Valorous Unit decoration awarded to the Battalion. The arms were approved 7 September 2007.
Literature: The Institute of Heraldry, US Army