125TH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall, consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure a pale Argent (Silver Gray) overall between two mullets in fess a sword and a bayonet saltirewise Or bearing a torteaux charged with a heraldic rose of the third. Attached below the shield is a Gold scroll inscribed "EYES OF LIGHTNING" in Black letters.

Symbolism
Oriental blue and silver (gray) are the Military Intelligence colors. The unsheathed weapons connote readiness and the heraldic rose alludes to the subrosa mission of the organization. The stars symbolize the wartime service of two elements of the unit and the color red indicates their decorations for action in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 26 November 1982.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure a pale Argent (Silver Gray) overall between two mullets in fess a sword and a bayonet saltirewise Or bearing a torteaux charged with a heraldic rose of the third.

Crest

None.

Motto

EYES OF LIGHTNING.

Symbolism

Shield

Oriental blue and silver (gray) are the Military Intelligence colors. The unsheathed weapons connote readiness and the heraldic rose alludes to the subrosa mission of the organization. The stars symbolize the wartime service of two elements of the unit and the color red indicates their decorations for action in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

Crest

None.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 26 November 1982.





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