SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in width overall, consisting of an irregular shaped octagon divided horizontally green at top with a silver gray mailed right hand placed in the center grasping three white lightning flashes, one vertical and two crossed diagonally; silver gray at bottom with a green ivy leaf centrally placed. Attached below a green scroll inscribed "FIT FOR ANY TEST" in silver.

Symbolism
The mailed fist represents firm grasp of the command, control and communication for the Fourth Infantry Division. Green suggests the inclusion of the command and control for the Ivy Division. The three lightning flashes denote the mission of the Military Intelligence Analysis and Control Element, seeking, gathering and dissemination of intelligence and the Signal Corps electronic communication. The ivy leaf symbolizes the parent organization, the Fourth Infantry Division.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 12 April 2005.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Per fess Vert and Argent (Silver Gray), in chief a mailed dexter fist Proper grasping three lightning flashes one in pale and two saltirewise Argent and in base an ivy leaf of the first, all within a bordure counterchanged of the field.

Crest

None.

Motto

FIT FOR ANY TEST.

Symbolism

Shield

The mailed fist represents military preparedness and the unit's firm grasp of the command, control and communication for the Fourth Infantry Division. Green suggests the inclusion of the command and control for the Ivy Division. The three lightning flashes denote the mission of the Military Intelligence Analysis and Control Element, seeking, gathering and dissemination of intelligence and the Signal Corps electronic communication. The ivy leaf symbolizes the parent organization, the Fourth Infantry Division.

Crest

None.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 12 April 2005.





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