324th Signal Battalion, US Army

324TH SIGNAL BATTALION, US ARMY

(Coat of Arms)

(Distinctive Unit Insignia)

Official blazon

Shield: Argent, two lightning bolts saltirewise Tenne between four radiating pheons Sable, overall a hurt grid lined of the first; on a chief wavy of the second a fleur-de-lis Argent.
Crest: That for regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On awreath of the colors Argent and Tenne, the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Motto: Ready Anywhere Anytime

Distinctive Unit Insignia Description: A silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned as follows: Argent, two lightning bolts saltirewise Tenne between four radiating pheons Sable, overall a hurt grid lined of the first; on a chief wavy of the second a fleur-de-lis Argent. Attached around the base of the shield an Orange Scroll doubled and inscribed "READY ANYWHERE ANYTIME" in silver letters.

Origin/meaning

Literature: The Institute of Heraldry, US Army