SHIELD
Azure (Dark Blue), a stylized representation of Fort Ticonderoga in tran aspect, enfiled with a demi-trident, tines to chief, below two spearheads point to base all Or, between two flaunches of the last.
SUPPORTERS
Behind the shield, a U.S. Army Officer saber and a U.S. Marine Corps Officer Mameluke sword saltirewise, blades downward Proper.
CREST
From a wreath of the colors Or and Azure (Dark Blue), in front of a mount Vert, between two fall maple leaves Proper, a stags head couped Tenn, attired Gules, gorged with a collar consisting of a lightning flash Or.
MOTTO
On a scroll Vert, edged Or, doubled Azure, the inscription SWIFT AND READY TODAY AND TOMORROW in Gold letters.
SHIELD
Blue and gold are traditional colors of the U.S. Navy. The trident is a nautical symbol that also represents Neptune. Here, as it rises upward through a geometric stylized representation of Fort Ticonderoga, it alludes to Ethan Allen, a major general in the Vermont Republic Militia and colonel in the Continental Army. Allen formed and commanded Vermonts Green Mountain Boys, renowned for capturing Fort Ticonderoga and, eventually, Benedict Arnold, during the American Revolutionary War. The capture of Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point proved to be crucial, because it secured protection from the British to the North and provided vital artillery cannons for the colonial army. Some speculate that it was a pivotal factor in winning the war. Ethan Allen purchased land that eventually became Burlington, Vermont, which is where he is buried. The two spearheads allude to the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship and, placed points downwards, mimic the twin-hull catamaran shell of the vessel.
SUPPORTERS
The Army Officers saber crossed with the Marine Corps Officers Mameluke sword.
CREST
The wreath adopts the first named metal and color from the shield and blazon. The mount Vert harkens back to the word Vermont coming from the French les Vert Monts, meaning the Green Mountains and adds further recognition to the Green Mountain Boys. The stags head is adapted from the Vermont flag. The maple leaves represent Vermont as the nations leading producer of maple syrup. The lightning flash stands for the high-speed, shallow draft vessel intended for rapid intra-theater transport.
SEAL
The coat of arms as blazoned in full color on a white oblong disc within a dark blue designation band, edged with a gold roped border and bearing the name USNS BURLINGTON at the top and T-EPF 10 at the base.