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14TH CAVALRY REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Or, a bend Azure between a Moro kris paleways point up Sable, and a rattlesnake coiled to strike Gules. Attached below the shield a blue scroll inscribed "SUIVEZ MOI" in Gold letters.

Symbolism
The shield is yellow for cavalry, the bend is in the color of the uniform worn at the time of the regiment's formation (1901). The kris is for Moro campaigns and the rattlesnake for service on the Mexican border.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 14th Cavalry Regiment on 30 April 1940. It was redesignated for the 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment on 6 April 1949. It was redesignated with the description updated for the 14th Cavalry Regiment on 28 August 2000. The insignia was amended to correct the description on 7 January 2004.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Or, a bend Azure between a Moro kris paleways point up Sable, and a rattlesnake coiled to strike Proper.

Crest

On a wreath of the colors Or and Azure, a dexter arm embowed habited Azure, the hand gloved in a buckskin gauntlet Proper, grasping a staff erect Sable barbed Or, thereon a standard flotant of the last charged with a horseshoe heels upward encircling the Arabic numeral "14" in Black.

Motto

SUIVEZ MOI (Follow Me).

Symbolism

Shield

The shield is yellow for cavalry, the bend is in the color of the uniform worn at the time of the regiment's formation (1901). The kris is for Moro campaigns and the rattlesnake for service on the Mexican border.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 14th Cavalry Regiment on 4 May 1921. It was amended to reword the approval on 1 October 1923. It was redesignated for the 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment on 6 April 1949. The coat of arms was redesignated for the 14th Cavalry Regiment on 28 August 2000.





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