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US ARMY DENTAL ACTIVITY FORT POLK
Official blazon
Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A circular device of silver color metal and enamel 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in width overall consisting of a silver disc surmounted by a continuous maroon motto scroll bearing at the top in silver letters the word "MILITARY" and at the bottom the word "PROFESSIONALS" overall and extending past the motto scroll a white stole bearing a red cross throughout turned at either end revealing the maroon reverse side above and below and parallel to the white side.
Origin/meaning
Maroon and white are the traditional colors of the Army Medical Department. The stole, a garment worn by Episcopal priests, and the cross of St. George from the Episcopal Church flag, represent the Right Reverend Leonidas Polk, the Episcopal bishop of Louisiana known as the "Fighting Bishop" after whom Fort Polk was named. The red cross also alludes to the historical mission of mercy that medical units have always performed.
The Distinctive Unit Insignia was approved on 3 April 1980.
Literature: Image and Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.
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