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112TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A gold color metal and enamel device 1 inch (2.54 cm) in height consisting of three gold wheels with blue rims conjoined one and two and surmounted at the center by a white disc bearing a scarlet trefoil with pointed lobes.

Symbolism
The wheels stand for Transportation and three are used in reference to the federal, state and community missions of a National Guard organization. The rims of the wheels are blue representing the calm, cool and confident nature of the Transportation soldiers as they perform their missions. The disc and trefoil are a representation of a seed of the buckeye tree; it stands for Ohio, known as the "Buckeye State." The center is red, representing war, where the Transportation soldier performs at their best, showing the devotion to get their cargo to the destination at any cost. The disc is white, representing the humility seen in the Transportation soldiers as they perform their missions when called upon, anywhere, anytime.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved on 7 November 1966. It was amended effective 1 September 2007, to update the description and symbolism. It was further amended to revise the symbolism effective 1 September 2007.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Celeste, on a bend wavy Argent, a bend Gules (Brick Red) charged with three wheels Or, that in the center surmounted by a plate bearing a trefoil Gules.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Ohio Army National Guard: From a wreath Argent and Celeste, a sheaf of seventeen arrows Argent bound by a sprig of buckeye (aesculus glabra) fructed Proper (two leaves with bursting burr).

Motto

SEMPER PRORSUS (Always Forward).

Symbolism

Shield

The wheels stand for Transportation and three are used in reference to the federal, state and community missions of a National Guard organization. The rims of the wheels are blue representing the calm, cool and confident nature of the Transportation soldiers as they perform their missions. The disc and trefoil are a representation of a seed of the buckeye tree; it stands for Ohio, known as the "Buckeye State." The center is red, representing war, where the Transportation soldier performs at their best, showing the devotion to get their cargo to the destination at any cost. The disc is white, representing the humility seen in the Transportation soldiers as they perform their missions when called upon, anywhere, anytime.

Crest

The crest is that of the Ohio Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was approved effective 1 September 2007. It was amended to add a motto and revise the symbolism of the shield effective 1 September 2007.





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