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Bottle green and silver gray are the colors used for Psychological Operations units. The battalion’s function of dissemination of propaganda by radio broadcast and prepared leaflets is symbolized by the lightning flashes and megaphones with rectangles between. The colors gray, white and black are adapted from the coat of arms of the U.S. Army Special Warfare School (formerly Psychological Warfare School) and refer to the half-truth, the truth and the untruth.  
Bottle green and silver gray are the colors used for Psychological Operations units. The battalion’s function of dissemination of propaganda by radio broadcast and prepared leaflets is symbolized by the lightning flashes and megaphones with rectangles between. The colors gray, white and black are adapted from the coat of arms of the U.S. Army Special Warfare School (formerly Psychological Warfare School) and refer to the half-truth, the truth and the untruth.  


The Coat of Arms was approved on 16 June 1996. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the 305th Psychological Operations Battalion on 23 May 1972. It was redesignated for the 16th Psychological Operations Battalion on 16 June 1996.  
The arms were approved on 16 June 1996. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the 305th Psychological Operations Battalion on 23 May 1972. It was redesignated for the 16th Psychological Operations Battalion on 16 June 1996.  




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