70th Support Battalion, US Army

70TH SUPPORT BATTALION, US ARMY

(Coat of Arms)

(Distinctive Unit Insignia)

Official blazon

Shield: Per chevron enhanced Or and Vert, issuing from a powder horn fesswise, large part to dexter and resting on a quill, shaft point to dexter; with the sling entwining both are three chevronels braced with sinister legs beveled twice of the first; a bordure quarterly Buff and Gules.
Crest: None
Motto: Vis per sustentationem (Strength through Support).

Distinctive Unit insignia, Description: A gold color metal and enamle device 1 3/16 inches (3.02 cm) in height overall consisting of a green area bearing three gold chevrons with the right leg of each simulating a lightning flash, all interlaced above a horizontal buff area and the whole enclosed across the top by an enarched red scroll inscribed "VIS PER SUSTENTATIONEM" in gold, and across its base by a gold 18th century powder horn, with its sling entwining a gold feather that passes along the lower edge of the horn with its hsaft and the large part of the horn to the left.