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446TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia

Distinctive Unit Insignia

Description
A Gold color metal and enamel shield shaped device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall blazoned as follows:  Per bend Gules (Brick Red) and Buff, between a bend wavy Argent, in chief within two circular stylized arrows Sable a fleur-de-lis Or and in base two circular arrows of the fourth, surmounted by a lion passant guardant of the fifth.  Attached below the device is a Black scroll inscribed KEEP EM MOVING in Gold.

Symbolism
Brick red and golden yellow (gold) are the colors used for Transportation.  Buff represents the Battalions origins as a Quartermaster Truck Regiment in 1942.  The two sets of circular arrows symbolize movement alluding to transportation and highlight the units mission.  The wavy portion alludes to Normandy, the units first campaign participation credit.  Campaign participation is also represented by the fleur-de-lis for Northern France and a lion for Central Europe.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved effective 16 September 2015.




Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

Blazon

Shield

Per bend Gules (Brick Red) and Buff, between a bend wavy Argent, in chief within two circular stylized arrows Sable edged Or a fleur-de-lis of the fifth and in base two circular arrows of the fourth, edged of the fifth, surmounted by a lion passant guardant of the fifth.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the U.S. Army Reserve:  From a wreath Argent and Gules (Brick Red), 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.

Motto

KEEP EM MOVING.

Symbolism

Shield

Brick red and golden yellow (gold) are the colors used for Transportation.  Buff represents the Battalions origins as a Quartermaster Truck Regiment in 1942.  The two sets of circular arrows symbolize movement alluding to transportation and highlight the units mission.  The wavy portion alludes to Normandy, the units first campaign participation credit.  Campaign participation is also represented by the fleur-de-lis for Northern France and a lion for Central Europe.

Crest

The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was approved effective 16 September 2015.





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