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Revision as of 11:54, 20 August 2023
464TH CHEMICAL BRIGADE, US ARMY
History: The Brigade was an Army Reserve Unit, active February 1972 to September 2008.
 (Shoulder Sleeve Insignia) |
 (Distinctive Unit Insignia) |
Official blazon
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. Description: On a rectangle arced at top and bottom with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) cobalt blue border 3 inches (7.62 cm) in height and 2 inches (5.08 cm) in width overall, with the background divided saltirewise cobalt blue at sides and golden yellow at top and bottom, fourteen droplets four, three and three, and four counterchanged.
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02 cm) in height overall consisting of four cobalt blue drops per cross within a cobalt blue benzene ring below a gold rising demi-sun all above a cobalt blue scroll doubled gold and terminating at the sun, inscribed “WE SERVE IN SILENCE” in gold letters.
Origin/meaning
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: Cobalt blue and golden yellow are the colors traditionally associated with the Chemical Corps. The saltire connotes strength and support. The droplets characterize a common method of dispersing chemicals. They also recall the unit designation, four blue at top, six golden yellow in center and four blue at bottom.
Distinctive Unit Insignia: Cobalt blue and golden yellow (gold) are the colors used for the Chemical Corps. The sun, symbol of energy and authority, and the benzene ring represent the overall mission and unit capabilities. The number of drops refer to the four main chemical reactions. The drops simulate water which allude to the unit’s present location, Johnstown, PA, known for its many disastrous floods.
The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved on 20 November 1987. The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 464th Chemical Group on 25 February 1974. It was redesignated for the 464th Chemical Brigade on 4 June 1987. The insignia was amended to update the symbolism on 20 November 1987.
Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons
. DUI Image and Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.