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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: A nine-sided green device with one point down in base, 2 7/16 inches in height overall, bearing three arrowheads with points converging at center, a yellow arrow at the top, blue at left and red at the right, all within a 1/8 inch yellow border. | |||
Distinctive Unit Insignia: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches in height overall consisting of the shield and motto of the coat of arms. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: The colors are adapted from the coat of arms of the National Training Center and refer to Armor, Infantry and Artillery, the combat arms branches brought together to train as combined arms teams and task forces at the National Training Center. The arrowheads signify a concentration of training and education. Though they converge from various angles, they form a cohesive unit signifying the mission and capabilities of the National Training Center. | |||
Distinctive Unit Insignia: The colors yellow, blue and red are adapted from the Armor shoulder sleeves insignia, and refer to the Armor, Infantry and Artillery branches, recalling the Armor training conducted at Fort Irwin prior to World War II and during the Vietnam build-up. The colors are further symbolic of the Combined Arms Training Mission of the US Army’s National Training Center. | |||
The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was approved on 23 April 1982 and the Disitnctive Unit Insignia on 19 March 1981. | |||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Army heraldry]] | [[Category:Army heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted ]] | [[Category:Granted 1981]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1983]] | |||