A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Argent, on a pale Azure between two endorses Gules, a dagger erect Sable, in dexter chief a mullet of the third. Attached below the shield a Black scroll inscribed "VICTORY AT ALL COST" in Silver.
Purple and white, the colors of the flag, are the colors traditionally associated with Civil Affairs. The pale and two pallets denote the Battalion's strength and determination. The dagger symbolizes the Battalion's readiness to defend the nation and protect those who cannot defend themselves. The red star on the white alludes to the star on the California flag, indicating the unit's lineage to the 36th Military Government, which activated at Presidio of Monterey, California. Red, white and blue, the nation's colors, illustrates the honor of their military responsibility to humanity.
The distinctive unit insignia was approved effective 16 September 2013.