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829TH 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 consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules (Brick Red), an Indian sun symbol voided in the center Or, and superimposed thereon a winged wheel of the like, fimbriated of the field. Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Gold scroll inscribed "DA AL TSEH NDA" in Brick Red letters.

Symbolism
Yellow and brick red are the colors used for the Transportation Corps. New Mexico, the sunshine state, is represented by the Indian sun symbol. The unit's basic function, that of transportation, is symbolized by the winged wheel. The motto translates to "First To Be Ready."

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 26 June 1961.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Gules (Brick Red), an Indian sun symbol voided in the center Or, and superimposed thereon a winged wheel of the like, fimbriated of the field.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules (Brick Red), the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto

DA AL TSEH NDA (First To Be Ready).

Symbolism

Shield

Yellow and brick red are the colors used for the Transportation Corps. New Mexico, the sunshine state, is represented by the Indian sun symbol. The unit's basic function, that of transportation, is symbolized by the winged wheel. The motto translates to "First To Be Ready."

Crest

The crest is that of the U.S. Army Reserve.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 26 June 1961.





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