Special Troops Battalion, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team
Distinctive Unit Insignia
Description
A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02 cm) in width overall blazoned as follows: Azure, a pale bretessed and double-parted Argent surmounted by a gauntlet closed, palm inward Argent (Silver Gray), charged on the sleeve with two mullets in pale Gules; on a chief of the like, ajourné of the third, a bowie knife fesswise, point to dexter of the last. Attached below a Red scroll inscribed “HONOR IS OUR STRENGTH” in Silver.
Symbolism
Red, white, and blue are the nation’s colors and the colors of the Mississippi flag. The pale parted suggests railroad tracks, denoting the City of Meridian, which was founded at the junction of several railroad lines and the home state of the Brigade. The gauntlet represents strength and symbolizes the call sign used by the Headquarters, “Knight.” The stars signify the Battalion’s combat deployment during World War II and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The chief with the separations illustrates the battlements of a castle and suggests the unit’s lineage to the 150th Engineer Battalion. The four merlons commemorate the four soldiers of the 150th Engineer who lost their lives during Operation Iraqi Freedom: MSG Sean Cooley, SGT Robert McNail, SSG Larry Arnold and SGT Terrence Lee. The bowie knife indicates the Battalion’s association to the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team.
Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 18 April 2008.
Coat Of Arms
Blazon
Shield
Azure, a pale bretessed and double-parted Argent surmounted by a gauntlet closed, palm inward Argent (Silver Gray), edged of the first, charged on the sleeve with two mullets in pale Gules; on a chief of the last, ajourné Argent, a bowie knife fesswise, point to dexter Argent (Silver Gray).
Crest
That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Mississippi Army National Guard: From a wreath Argent and Azure, a slip of magnolia full flower with leaves Proper behind a trident Sable.
Motto
HONOR IS OUR STRENGTH.
Symbolism
Shield
Red, white, and blue are the nation’s colors and the colors of the Mississippi flag. The pale parted suggests railroad tracks, denoting the City of Meridian, which was founded at the junction of several railroad lines and the home state of the Brigade. The gauntlet represents strength and symbolizes the call sign used by the Headquarters, “Knight.” The red stars signify the Battalion’s combat deployment during World War II and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The chief with the separations illustrates the battlements of a castle and suggests the unit’s lineage to the 150th Engineer Battalion. The four merlons commemorate the four soldiers of the 150th Engineer who lost their lives during Operation Iraqi Freedom: MSG Sean Cooley, SGT Robert McNail, SSG Larry Arnold and SGT Terrence Lee. The bowie knife indicates the Battalion’s association to the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team.
Crest
The crest is that of the Mississippi Army National Guard.
Background
The coat of arms was approved on 18 April 2008.