628TH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia
A silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Sable, a key wards to chief and a lightning bolt saltirewise Argent, between two spearheads in pale issuing to point Or; all within a bordure checked of the second and Azure. Attached around the sides and top of the shield a tripartite black scroll inscribed "CHAOS CLARITAS VICTORIA" in silver.
Oriental blue and silver gray are the colors traditionally used by Military Intelligence. Gold is emblematic of honor and high achievement. Blue and black symbolize night and day and the overt and covert operations of the unit's around the clock mission. The crossed key and lightning bolt represent security and electronic warfare. The arrowheads highlight combat support; the checkered border denotes strategy and countermeasure.
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 9 Mar 2000.
Coat of Arms
Shield
Sable, a key wards to chief and a lightning bolt saltirewise Argent (Silver Gray), two spearheads in pale issuing to point Or; all within a bordure chequy of the second and Azure.
Crest
That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard: From a wreath Argent (Silver Gray) and Sable, a lion rampant guardant Proper, holding in dexter paw a naked scimitar Argent hilted OR and in sinister an escutcheon Argent on a fess Sable three plates.
Motto
CHAOS CLARITAS VICTORIA (Chaos Clarity Victory).
Shield
Oriental blue and silver gray are the colors traditionally used by Military Intelligence. Gold is emblematic of honor and high achievement. Blue and black symbolize night and day and the overt and covert operations of the unit's around the clock mission. The crossed key and lightning bolt represent security and electronic warfare. The arrowheads highlight combat support; the checkered border denotes strategy and countermeasure.
Crest
The crest is that of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
The coat of arms was approved on 9 Mar 2000.