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SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 39TH INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in width overall blazoned as follows: Celeste (Teal Blue), a key bendwise sinister, ward up and inward surmounted by a dagger in saltire point up, overall a lightning bolt palewise Or; on a chief crenelle of the second, a bar wavy Azure charged with an arrow of the second. Attached below the shield a Blue scroll inscribed "UTRINQUE PARATUS" in Gold.

Symbolism
The following images combined, comprise the Special Troops Battalion, 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team: the key symbolizes the Military Intelligence responsibilities, the orange lightning bolt denotes the Signal capabilities, and the embattled chief suggests the Engineer functions. The bowie knife signifies the Brigade's roots of light infantry and the current name Bowie Team. The arrow on the wavy bar, illustrating a river, alludes to the early Indian symbol for the land "Arkansa" or Arkansas, the unit's home state and the fact that the Brigade was once called the Arkansas Brigade.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 16 October 2006.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Celeste (Teal Blue), a key bendwise sinister, ward upward and inward surmounted by a dagger in saltire, point up, Or, overall a lightning bolt palewise Tenn, fimbriated of the second; on a chief crenelle of the last, a bar wavy Azure charged with an arrow, Or.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Arkansas Army National Guard: From a wreath Or and Celeste (Teal Blue), above two sprays of apple blossoms Proper a diamond Argent charged with four mullets Azure one in upper point and three in lower within a bordure of the last bearing twenty-five mullets of the second.

Motto

UTRINQUE PARATUS (Ready For Anything).

Symbolism

Shield

The following images combined, comprise the Special Troops Battalion, 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team: the key symbolizes the Military Intelligence responsibilities, the orange lightning bolt denotes the Signal capabilities, and the embattled chief suggests the Engineer functions. The bowie knife signifies the Brigade's roots of light infantry and the current name Bowie Team. The arrow on the wavy bar, illustrating a river, alludes to the early Indian symbol for the land "Arkansa" or Arkansas, the unit's home state and the fact that the Brigade was once the Arkansas Brigade.

Crest

The crest is that of the Arkansas Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 16 October 2006.





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