Command and General Staff College and Combined Arms Center and Fort Levenworth, US Army

COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE AND COMBINED ARMS CENTER AND FORT LEVENWORTH, US ARMY

(Shoulder Sleeve Insignia)

(Distinctive Unit Insignia)

(Device)

(Flag Commadn and General Staff College)

(Flag Combined Arms Center and Fort Levenworth)

Official blazon
English	Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. Description: On a white shield 2 1/2 inches (6.35cm) in width and 2 1/2 inches (6.35cm) in height overall, with a 1/8 inch (.32cm) red border, a blue chevron between three blue lamps with red flames, two at the top above chevron and one below. Distinctive Unit Insignia and Device. Description: Distinctive Unit Insignia: Description: A gold color metal and enamel insignia 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in height overall consisting of a blue enamel rectangle on which is centered the device for the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Device: Shield: Argent, a chevron Azure between three lamps of the like flamed Proper. Crest: On a wreath of the colors (Argent and Azure), an eagle displayed Proper in his beak a scroll or bearing the word "Leavenworth" Gules. Motto: Ad Bellum Pace Parati (Prepared in peace for war) in blue letters. Helmet and mantling: The helmet is an esquire's steel helmet in profile with closed visor Proper. The mantling to be Gules.

Origin/meaning

Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: The design is based on the shield of the device approved for the school.

Distinctive Unit Insignia and Device: Shield: The chevron is indicative of the martial character of the College and the three lamps symbolize study and learning and also typify the three-part Army -- the Regular Army, the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve. Crest: The eagle crest is the National emblem and, as perched with wings extended, is indicative of alertness. It is in appearance much like the eagle which surmounted the salle porte of the main school building in 1925; the scroll in his beak carries the word "LEAVENWORTH," the site of the College. Helmet and Mantling: The helmet is the helmet of a gentleman or esquire. The red mantling with the colors of the shield completes the National colors.

The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was originally approved for the Command General Staff College on 1 July 1955. It was amended on 4 December 1956, to revise the description. On 30 October 1974, authorization for wear of the insignia was extended to personnel assigned to the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth. The Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the Command and General Staff School on 16 June 1938. It was redesignated for the Command and General Staff College on 14 April 1948. On 30 October 1974, authorization for wear of the insignia was extended to personnel assigned to the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth. The arms were originally approved for the General Service Schools on 6 January 1925. It was redesignated to the Command and General Staff College on 14 April 1948.

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