104TH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure (oriental blue) an eagle's head Proper in front of two swords in saltire Argent hilted Or and in chief a lightning flash fesswise of the like. Attached below the shield a Silver scroll inscribed "WATCHFUL AND READY" in Black letters.

Symbolism
Oriental blue and silver gray are the colors associated with Military Intelligence. The crossed swords attest to the unit's readiness; the eagle, wide-eyed and alert, is symbolic of watchfulness. The bolt of lightning above refers to the unit's electronic warfare capability; altogether the symbols express the words of the motto and the unit's basic mission and responsibility.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 12 May 1981.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure (oriental blue) an eagle's head Proper in front of two swords in saltire Argent hilted Or and in chief a lightning flash fesswise of the like.

Crest

None.

Motto

WATCHFUL AND READY.

Symbolism

Shield

Oriental blue and silver gray are the colors associated with Military Intelligence. The crossed swords attest to the unit's readiness; the eagle, wide-eyed and alert, is symbolic of watchfulness. The bolt of lightning above refers to the unit's electronic warfare capability; altogether the symbols express the words of the motto and the unit's basic mission and responsibility.

Crest

None.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 26 February 1981.





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