Shield
Azure, an Indian's head in profile couped at the shoulder, two feathers in hair, hair tied with wampum, red blanket on shoulder; within a wreath of two rattlesnakes, all Proper.
Crest
That for regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors Or and Azure 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
SEMPER PUGNARE PARATUS (Always Ready To Fight).
Shield
The charges allude to the history of the geographical area to which the organization was allotted originally. The use of the warrior's head and the rattlesnakes was suggested by Orcutt's History, published under the auspices of the Fairfield County (Connecticut) Historical Society. "The first of the Indian Wars in Connecticut was the Pequot War which began in May 1639, in a swamp flat which is now in the village of Southport in the Town of Fairfield. There were at the time in the Housatonic River Valley from Long Island Sound Northward, between two and three thousand Indians. Five plantations were seriously in danger, Stratford, Fairfield, Norwalk, Stamford, and Greenwich. In this year and several following, the actions of the Indians in what is now Fairfield County were such as to awaken great apprehension for the safety of the people." The rattlesnakeharmless when undisturbed but dangerous when provokedis a symbol associated with the New England patriotism. The blue of the shield represents Infantry.
Crest
The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 418th Infantry Regiment on 21 April 1925. It was redesignated for the 418th Regiment on 19 February 1960.