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+Location: Rockford, Illinois.
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+| Shoulder Sleeve Insignia.  Description:  On a red shield, a knight in black armor plumed and detailed white, riding a black horse caparisoned red and grasping a black and red pennant.  Attached above the shield, a black scroll inscribed “AUBURN” in white letters.  All within a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) black border.  The overall dimensions are 3 1/2 inches (8.89 cm) in height by 2 5/8 inches (6.67 cm) in width.
+Shoulder Loop Insignia.  Description:  A silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall, consisting of a green shield with a silver wavy vertical bar throughout, bearing an evergreen tree; above a curved green scroll inscribed “ROCKFORD” in silver letters.
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 ===Origin/meaning===
+Shoulder Sleeve Insignia:  Red and black are the school’s colors.  The school mascot is a mounted knight, reflecting the school nickname “Auburn Knights”.  The knight symbolizes the cadets’ dedication to duty and loyalty as citizens.
+Shoulder Loop Insignia: The color green and the evergreen tree indicate the nickname of Rockford, the “FOREST CITY”.  The wavy bar symbolizes the Rock River which runs through the city of Rockford.
+The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia was approved on 5 April 1993. The Shoulder Loop Insignia was approved on 5 December 1984.
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