101st Sustainment Brigade
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Description
On a shield shaped embroidered item, blazoned as follows: Per pale Gules and Vert, a compass rose Sable fimbriated Or, charged in centre point with an eagle’s head erased Proper, between on each directional point playing card symbols - in chief a club, a spade and heart fesswise Argent and in base a Torii gate Gules; all within a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) Black border. Overall dimensions are 2 7/8 inches (7.30 cm) in height by 2 3/4 inches (6.99 cm) in width.
Symbolism
The shield is adapted from the 101st Airborne Division, the 101st Sustainment Brigade’s origin. Black suggests steadfastness and strength. The compass rose and rope symbolize the global directional support to forces anytime, anywhere under all conditions. The eagle’s head, adapted from the 101st Airborne Division’s shoulder sleeve insignia, alludes to the unit’s airborne status when it was founded. The playing card symbols and the Torii gate allude to the original symbols painted on the 101st soldiers’ helmets during World War II.
Background
The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved on 17 November 2009. It was amended to correct the description on 17 March 2011. (TIOH Dwg. No. A-1-1005)
Distinctive Unit Insignia
Description
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02 cm) in height overall blazoned as follows: Tierced in pairle reversed Gules, Vert and Or, in the first a deployed parachute Argent, in the second a saltire couped nowy pierced of the third and in the third a compass rose Sable charged in the center with an eagle’s head erased of the third garnished of the fifth between on each directional point playing card symbols - in chief a club, a spade and heart in fess and in base a Torii gate all of the third. Attached below a Black scroll inscribed “VITA VERSUS” in Gold.
Symbolism
Red implies liberation. The deployed parachute denotes the unit’s area of operations, which the Brigade supports. The saltire with the pierced circular center alludes to helicopter propellers. Black suggests steadfastness and strength. The compass rose symbolizes the global directional support to forces anytime, anywhere under all conditions. The eagle’s head, adapted from the 101st Airborne Division’s shoulder sleeve insignia, alludes to the unit’s airborne status when the organization was founded. The playing card symbols and the Torii gate allude to the original symbols painted on the 101st Soldiers’ helmets during World War II. The motto translates to “Lifeliner.”
Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 22 November 2010. It was amended to correct the motto on 15 December 2010.
Combat Service Identification Badge
Description
A gold color metal and enamel device 2 inches (5.08 cm) in height consisting of a design similar to the shoulder sleeve insignia.