SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 3D INFANTRY DIVISION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Silver color metal and enamel shield-shaped device 1 3/16 inches (3.02 cm) in width overall blazoned as follows: Azure, three bendlets in sinister Argent overall a pale Sable edged of the second charged with a dagger Gules, fimbriated of the second; on a chief Teal Blue, a polestar Or, between two lightning bolts chevronwise reversed of the second (Silver Gray). Attached below the shield a Teal Blue motto scroll inscribed "FORTIUS QUO UNITATIS" in Silver.

Symbolism
The background symbolizes the 3d Infantry Division Marne patch, the unit's parent organization. The black pale denotes military strength. The dagger denotes sacrifice. The chief alludes to the unit's high combat abilities. Teal is the color associated with Branch Unassigned. The polestar suggests the Battalion's readiness to deploy globally, by either air, sea, or land in support of the mission. It also denotes the command and control functions of the unit. The lightning flashes indicate the electronic and communication functions of the Battalion. The motto translates to "Strength Through Unity."

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 26 November 2007.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Azure, three bendlets in sinister Argent overall a pale Sable edged of the second charged with a dagger Gules, fimbriated of the second; on a chief Teal Blue, a polestar Or, between two lightning bolts chevronwise reversed of the second.

Crest

From a wreath Argent and Azure, a wyvern erect Sable, eyed, armed and langued Or, garnished Argent (Steel Gray) edged of the first, charged on its wings a mulletty of the fourth, holding within its paws a Taeguk Proper fimbriated of the first.

Motto

FORTIUS QUO UNITATIS (Strength Through Unity).

Symbolism

Shield

The background symbolizes the 3d Infantry Division Marne patch, the unit's parent organization. The black pale denotes military strength. The dagger denotes sacrifice. The chief alludes to the unit's high combat abilities. Teal is the color associated with Branch Unassigned. The polestar suggests the Battalion's readiness to deploy globally, by either air, sea, or land in support of the mission. It also denotes the command and control functions of the unit. The lightning flashes indicate the electronic and communication functions of the Battalion.

Crest

The wyvern represents the Battalion's World War II campaign, also underscoring the unit's activation and inactivation in Europe. The Taeguk symbolizes campaign participation in Korea. The seven stars allude to the decorations awarded.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 26 November 2007.





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