205TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION
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Distinctive Unit Insignia


Description/Blazon
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Per chevron, Or and Gules (Brick Red), a sphere gridlined and counterchanged, on a chief of the second a winged gyroscope Argent.

Symbolism
Brick red and golden yellow are the branch colors of Transportation. The wings and gyroscope (an instrument used in aviation for the maintenance of stabilization and equilibrium) symbolize the primary mission of the Battalion in aircraft maintenance to a Field Army. The globe refers to the unit's readiness for worldwide service, while the chevron, signifying strength and support, emphasizes the unit's maintenance and supportive mission.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 28 May 1981.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Per chevron, Or and Gules (Brick Red), a sphere gridlined and counterchanged, on a chief of the second a winged gyroscope Argent.

Crest

On a wreath of the colors, Or and Gules (Brick Red), a wheel of five spokes Buff surmounted by a spearhead point up, Sable charged with a goute d'or and interlaced by a crescent of Scarlet.

Motto

FACILE PRINCEPS (Easily The Best).

Symbolism

Shield

Brick red and golden yellow are the branch colors of Transportation. The wings and gyroscope (an instrument used in aviation for the maintenance of stabilization and equilibrium) symbolize the primary mission of the Battalion in aircraft maintenance to a Field Army. The globe refers to the unit's readiness for worldwide service, while the chevron, signifying strength and support, emphasizes the unit's maintenance and supportive mission.

Crest

The scarlet crescent, from the flag of Tunisia, alludes to the Tunisian Campaigns, the unit's "Baptism of Fire" in World War II. The spearhead symbolizes the amphibious assault on Sicily for which the unit was awarded a streamer with arrowhead; the color black and the gold droplet symbolize petroleum and fuel and refer to the unit's designation as a Quartermaster Gasoline Supply Battalion. The unit was later redesignated Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile and participated in five additional campaigns commemorated by the five-spoked wheel, the color buff being the Quartermaster Corps branch color.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 16 February 1979.





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