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96TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION
Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A gold colored metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a gold buckle, tongue pointing up, above a green scroll inscribed with the unit's motto in gold letters, "UNITY IS OUR STRENGTH."

Symbolism
The buckle stands for fidelity in authority and for security. The colors green and yellow are for the Military Police Corps.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 18 April 1966.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon
Vert, a buckle with tongue palewise Or, on a chief of the like between two mullets of the first a Taeguk. That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Or and Vert, the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the common in Lexington, Massachusetts. UNITY IS OUR STRENGTH.

Symbolism
Green and yellow are the branch colors of the Military Police Corps. The buckle stands for security and fidelity in authority. The Taeguk commemorates the unit's war service in Korea and the stars honor their two Korea Presidential Unit Citations. The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 5 March 2004.





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