Distinctive Unit Insignia.  Description:   A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in width overall consisting of a black Torii gate surmounted by a gold spanner within an encircling gold scroll inscribed “ASSURED QUALITY” in black letters, the ends of the scroll terminating at the head of the spanner, all on a crimson background.  

        Symbolism:   Crimson is the color traditionally associated with Ordnance units.  The spanner, a medieval wrench used to tighten wheel lock firearms symbolizes Maintenance, the unit’s past mission and branch affiliation.  The Torii gate alludes to World War II service in Okinawa.

       Background:   The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 303d Maintenance Battalion on 4 February 1969.  It was redesignated effective 16 October 2009, for the 303d Ordnance Battalion with the description and symbolism updated.  

 

Coat of Arms.

        Blazon:  

                Shield:   Or, on a pale Gules (Crimson) in chief a spanner of the first; on a base counterchanged, a pale charged with a Torii gate Sable.  

                Crest:   From a wreath Or and Gules (Crimson), within a circlet of pellets, a phoenix Proper.  

                Motto:   ASSURED QUALITY.  

        Symbolism:

               Shield:   Crimson is the color traditionally associated with Ordnance units.  The pale denotes the Battalion’s military determination.  The spanner, a medieval wrench used to tighten wheel lock firearms symbolizes maintenance, the unit’s past mission and branch affiliation.  The Torii gate alludes to World War II service in Okinawa.

                Crest:   The pellets signify munitions and the mission of the Battalion.  The phoenix, adapted from the State Seal of Hawaii, represents resurrection, suggesting the Battalion’s reactivation from a Maintenance to an Ordnance organization.      

        Background:   The coat of arms was approved effective 16 October 2009.