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741ST SUPPORT 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 gold wheel enclosing a buff disc and bearing a gold billet superimposed by a red demi-sun above two blue wavy bars and all below a black crossed sword and key, point and wards down.  Attached below the wheel a tripartite black scroll inscribed "VICTORY WITH LOGISTICS" in gold.

Symbolism
Buff and yellow (gold) are the colors associated with Supply and Service, former designation of the unit.  Black represents strength, solidity and dependability.  The wheel and disc symbolize transportation and the delivery of supplies.  The black sword is adapted from the Quartermaster Corps branch insignia; the sword is indicative of military forces and the key alludes to storekeeping functions.  The blue wavy bars represent the Columbia River, source of the Oregon Territory's original name, as it empties into the Pacific Ocean, symbolized by the demi-sun.  The billet suggests logistics and administration.

Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 741st Supply and Service Battalion on 1 March 1990.  It was redesignated for the 741st Support Battalion on 3 April 1997.




Coat of Arms


Description/Blazon

Shield

Buff, billety or a wheel of the like surmounted by a sword bendwise point to base and a key bendwise sinister ward to base Sable, on a chief Yellow two bars wavy abased Azure and therefrom a demi-sun Gules.

Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Oregon Army National Guard:  From a wreath Or and Buff, a demi-disc Gules charged with the setting sun with twelve light rays Or (the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 41st Division), behind a beaver sejant Proper.

Motto

VICTORY WITH LOGISTICS.

Symbolism

Shield

Buff and yellow are the colors associated with Supply and Service, former designation of the unit.  Black represents strength, solidity and dependability.  The wheel symbolizes transportation and the delivery of supplies.  The black sword is adapted from the Quartermaster Corps branch insignia; the sword is indicative of military forces and the key alludes to storekeeping functions.  The blue wavy bars represent the Columbia River, source of the Oregon Territory's original name, as it empties into the Pacific Ocean, symbolized by the demi-sun.  The billet suggests logistics and administration.

Crest

The crest is that of the Oregon Army National Guard.

Background
The coat of arms was approved on 3 April 1997.





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