77TH SUPPORT BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/4 inches (3.18 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Buff, a pale wavy Azure fimbriated Argent between a Lorraine cross (straight-armed cross with two transverses) of the second (Azure) fimbriated of the third (Argent) and an oak tree Proper. Attached below the shield a Blue scroll inscribed "ALWAYS PREPARED" in Silver letters.

Symbolism
The color of the shield is that of the Quartermaster Corps. The blue wavy pale represents the Vesle River; the cross, the service in Lorraine; and the oak tree, the Argonne.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 77th Division Train, Quartermaster Corps, Organized Reserves on 28 October 1925. It was redesignated for the 402d Quartermaster Regiment on 30 December 1937. It was redesignated for the 402d Quartermaster Battalion on 26 March 1942. The insignia was redesignated for the 77th Supply and Transportation Battalion on 11 March 1964. It was redesignated effective 16 September 2009, for the 77th Support Battalion.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Buff, a pale wavy Azure fimbriated Argent between a Lorraine cross (straight-armed cross with two transverses) of the second (Azure) fimbriated of the third (Argent) and an oak tree Proper.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath Argent and Buff, the Lexington Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto

ALWAYS PREPARED.

Symbolism

Shield

The color of the shield is that of the Quartermaster Corps. The blue wavy pale represents the Vesle River; the cross, the service in Lorraine; and the oak tree, the Argonne.

Crest

The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 77th Division Train, Quartermaster Corps, Organized Reserves on 27 October 1925. It was redesignated for the 402d Quartermaster Regiment on 30 December 1937. It was redesignated for the 402d Quartermaster Battalion on 27 March 1942. The insignia was redesignated for the 77th Supply and Transportation Battalion on 11 March 1964. It was redesignated effective 16 September 2009, for the 77th Support Battalion.





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