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91ST REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 5/32 inches (2.94 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, a chevron Or charged with a pine tree Vert, in base a bear statant of the second (Or). Attached below the shield a Gold scroll inscribed "PARATUS" in Black letters.

Symbolism
The shield is red for Artillery, the gold chevron and the green pine tree indicate the service in France in the 91st Division. The golden bear indicates that the regiment is allocated to California.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 346th Field Artillery Regiment on 30 March 1926. It was redesignated for the 346th Field Artillery Battalion on 1 October 1942. The insignia was redesignated for the 91st Regiment on 30 January 1962.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Gules, a chevron Or charged with a pine tree Vert, in base a bear statant of the second (Or).

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto

PARATUS (Prepared).

Symbolism

Shield

The shield is red for Artillery, the gold chevron and the green pine tree indicate the service in France in the 91st Division. The golden bear indicates that the regiment is allocated to California.

Crest

The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 346th Field Artillery Regiment on 16 March 1925. It was redesignated for the 346th Field Artillery Battalion on 3 October 1942. The insignia was redesignated for the 91st Regiment on 30 January 1962.





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