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330TH ENGINEER BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia

Distinctive Unit Insignia

Description
A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned as follows:  Gules, a bridge bent above a loop of rope both surmounted by a surveyors transit on a tripod, a chief enhanced dovetailed all Argent and all within a border of the last.  Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Red scroll turned Silver and inscribed FIGHT, BUILD, DEMOLISH in Silver letters.

Symbolism
The shield of the coat of arms of the former 336th General Service Regiment is used within a border to indicate the descent of the 330th Engineer Combat Battalion from the 2d Battalion of that organization.  Scarlet and white are the colors of the Engineer Corps.  The bridge, loop of rope and surveyors transit are emblematic of the duties of the personnel who are specialists in construction.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 330th Engineer Combat Battalion on 8 April 1954.  It was redesignated for the 330th Engineer Battalion on 9 May 1963.




Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

Blazon

Shield

Gules, a bridge bent above a loop of rope both surmounted by a surveyors transit on a tripod, a chief enhanced dovetailed all Argent and all within a border of the last.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve:  On a wreath of the colors Argent and Gules, 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

FIGHT, BUILD, DEMOLISH.

Symbolism

Shield

The shield of the coat of arms of the former 336th General Service Regiment is used within a border to indicate the descent of the 330th Engineer Combat Battalion from the 2d Battalion of that organization.  Scarlet and white are the colors of the Engineer Corps.  The bridge, loop of rope and surveyors transit are emblematic of the duties of the personnel who are specialists in construction.

Crest

The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 330th Engineer Combat Battalion on 8 April 1954.  It was redesignated for the 330th Engineer Battalion on 9 May 1963.





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