302 Maintenance Battalion
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Unit
Insignia
- Description: A
gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm)
in height overall consisting of a gold inverted triangle
with its lower portion on a light blue enamel
demi-segment of a disc and its base point enarched,
bearing a light blue enamel winged wheel, wings
displayed and the wheel surmounted by a gold hexagon,
angle up, all above a red enamel scroll lined gold,
convoluting to the sides of the triangle, inscribed "OPTIMUM
SERVICE" in gold letters.
- Symbolism:
Crimson and light blue are the colors used for
Maintenance. The triangle and winged wheel are from the
arms of the City of St. Paul, the unit's home site and
the blue of the demi-segment relates to water and
alludes to "the land of 10,000 lakes," one of
the designations of Minnesota. The scroll and its
convolutions represent a support, and the wheel denotes
mobile maintenance; the wings, aircraft maintenance, and
the hexagon relate to both the tool and the chemical
decontamination aspects of the organization's mission.
- Background: The
distinctive unit insignia was approved on 22 Apr 1969.
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Coat
of Arms
- Description:
Shield: Gules (Crimson), on a pile Or surmounted at tip
with a fountain, a winged wheel Celeste charged with a
hexagon of the second. Crest: That for the regiments and
separate battalions of the Army Reserve: From a wreath
Or and Crimson, 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: OPTIMUM SERVICE.
- Symbolism:
Shield: Crimson and light blue are the colors used for
Maintenance units. The triangle and winged wheel are
from the arms of the City of St. Paul, the unit's home
site. The heraldic fountain symbolizes water and alludes
to "the land of 10,000 lakes," one of the
designations of Minnesota. The wheel denoted mobile
maintenance; the wings, aircraft maintenance; the
hexagon both the tool and the chemical decontamination
aspects of the organization's mission. Crest: The crest
is that of the U.S. Army Reserve.
- Background: The
coat of arms was approved on 23 Aug 1996.
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