15TH PERSONNEL SERVICES 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: Per fess Azure and Gules a stylized spear pilewise Argent debruised by a fess of the like billetty Sable. Attached below the shield a Blue scroll doubled and inscribed "COMMITTED TO SERVICE" in Silver.

Symbolism
Dark blue and scarlet are the colors traditionally associated with Personnel Services units. Red is emblematic of sacrifice and valor. The three sections of the shield allude to the Forces Command insignia and the unit's mission. The unit's New Guinea campaign participation in World War II and baptism of fire is commemorated by the stylized spear, traditional to that island. The rectangles symbolize information systems and personnel services; black and white denote twenty-four-hour capabilities.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 13 January 1995.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Per fess Azure and Gules a stylized spear palewise Argent debruised by a fess of the like billetty Sable.

Crest

From a wreath Argent and Azure, issuing from a sand dune and between two demi-scimitars pilewise, a ceremonial drum Proper.

Motto

COMMITTED TO SERVICE.

Symbolism

Shield

Dark blue and scarlet are the colors traditionally associated with Personnel Services units. Red is emblematic of sacrifice and valor. The three sections of the shield allude to the Forces Command insignia and the unit's mission. The unit's New Guinea campaign participation in World War II and baptism of fire is commemorated by the stylized spear, traditional to that island. The rectangles symbolize information systems and personnel services; black and white denote twenty-four-hour capabilities.

Crest

The two scimitars and sand dune honor the organization's Saudi Arabia and Liberation and Defense of Kuwait campaign credits. Their World War II war service campaign credit is represented by a ceremonial drum of New Guinea. The colors of the drum reflect the colors on the Asiatic-Pacific Theater streamer.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 13 January 1995.





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