108TH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Azure, two swords crossed Argent hilt to base Gules, above a globe of the second gridlined Sable; on a chief of the last and between two Silver mullets a lightning bolt palewise Or terminating upon the center of the globe.  Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed "VICTORY THRU VIGILANCE" in Blue letters.

Symbolism
Oriental blue and white (silver) are the colors associated with Military Intelligence.  The crossed swords in the colors red and white represent the unit's military readiness and support mission.  The bolt of lightning alludes to the unit's technology and to the swift and accurate use of information to thwart enemy plans.  The stars and globe suggest the organization's areas of operation in search of intelligence and counterintelligence.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 27 October 1981.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure, two swords crossed Argent hilt to base Gules, above a globe of the second gridlined of the field; on a chief Sable and between two Silver mullets a lightning bolt palewise Or terminating upon the center of the globe.

Crest

None.

Motto

VICTORY THRU VIGILANCE.

Symbolism

Shield

Oriental blue and white (silver) are the colors associated with Military Intelligence.  The crossed swords in the colors red and white represent the unit's military readiness and support mission.  The bolt of lightning alludes to the unit's technology and to the swift and accurate use of information to thwart enemy plans.  The stars and globe suggest the organization's areas of operation in search of intelligence and counterintelligence.

Crest

None.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 27 October 1981.





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