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155TH CHEMICAL BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
On a hexagon shaped Gold colored metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02 cm) in height overall blazoned: Azure, a quatrefoil throughout Or charged in its bottom lobe with a guze bearing three mullets, one and two, of the like, and issuant there from a hydra of as many heads of the field detailed of the second. Below a Blue scroll inscribed "THE FOG OF WAR" in Gold letters.

Symbolism
The overall shape of the device is a hexagon which reflects the benzene ring. The quatrefoil is also symbolic of the fog in their motto, "The Fog of War." The hydra represents the Chemical Corps. The three stars represent the three campaigns awarded to the ancestor units during World War II.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 11 December 2006.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Per chevron abased Azure and Gules, a hexagon in chief surmounted by a chevronel Or, counterchanged of the field, in base a hydra of the third.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Ohio Army National Guard: From a wreath Or and Azure, a sheaf of seventeen arrows Argent, bound by a sprig of buckeye (aesculus glabra) fructed Proper (two leaves with bursting burr).

Motto

THE FOG OF WAR.

Symbolism

Shield

Yellow and blue are the traditional colors for the Chemical Corps. The hexagon shape reflects the benzene ring. The chevron division symbolizes the swallowtail design on the Ohio State Flag. The hydra (a multi-headed dragon) represents the dragon theme used in Chemical Corps designs and the multiple missions of the Chemical Companies within the 155th Chemical Battalion.

Crest

The crest is that of the Ohio Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 11 December 2006.





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