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39TH SUPPORT BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia

Distinctive Unit Insignia

Description
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned:  Or a saltire Gules interlaced with a mascle Azure.  Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Gold scroll inscribed SUPPORT SPIRIT SUCCESS in Black letters.

Symbolism
Scarlet and buff (gold) are the colors used for Support.  The fret (formed by the saltire and the mascle) is symbolic of the interlaced support provided the combat elements.  The blue mascle also alludes to the blue band bordering the white diamond of the Arkansas state flag and refers to the home area of the organization.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 28 January 1971.




Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

Blazon

Shield

Or a saltire Gules interlaced with a mascle Azure.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Arkansas Army National Guard:  On a wreath of the colors (Or and Gules) above two sprays of apple blossoms Proper a diamond Argent charged with four mullets Azure, one in upper point and three in lower, within a bordure of the last, bearing twenty-five mullets of the second.

Motto

SUPPORT SPIRIT SUCCESS.

Symbolism

Shield

Scarlet and buff (gold) are the colors used for Support.  The fret (formed by the saltire and the mascle) is symbolic of the interlaced support provided the combat elements.  The blue mascle also alludes to the blue band bordering the white diamond of the Arkansas state flag and refers to the home area of the organization.

Crest

The crest is that of the Arkansas Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 13 October 1970.





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