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382D REGIMENT
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, issuant from a mount arched chevron reversed Vert, Mt. Hood Argent. Attached below the shield a gold scroll inscribed "WE LEAD" in Blue letters

Symbolism
The shield is blue for Infantry. The green hills and snow-capped mountain against the blue sky, in symbolic form, allude to the organization of the regiment in Oregon after World War I.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 382d Regiment Infantry, Organized Reserves on 20 Oct 1932. It was redesignated for the 382d Regiment, with description updated, on 15 Jul 1999.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure, issuant from a mount arched chevron reversed Vert, Mt. Hood Argent.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Argent and Azure, 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

WE LEAD.

Symbolism

Shield

The shield is blue for Infantry. The green hills and snow-capped mountain against the blue sky, in symbolic form, allude to the organization of the regiment in Oregon after World War I.

Crest

The crest is that of the U.S. Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 382d Regiment Infantry on 20 Oct 1932. It was redesignated for the 382d Regiment on 15 Jul 1999 with blazon revised.





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