3 Armored Cavalry
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Unit
Insignia
- Description: A
gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/16 inches
(2.70cm) in width overall consisting of a gold color
metal trumpet, mouthpiece up, entwined vertically with a
cord, surmounting a green enamel scroll arced on the
left and right and looped below the trumpet, inscribed "BRAVE"
on the viewer’s left, "RIFLES" on the
viewer’s right, and the numeral "3"
centered on the lower segment all in gold color metal.
- Symbolism: The
green scroll represents the regiment’s original
green facing on the uniform. The gold trumpet is from
the crest of the coat of arms.
- Background: The
insignia was originally approved for the 3d Cavalry on
25 Nov 1922; amended on 5 Jan 1923; redesignated for the
3d Armored Cavalry regiment on 18 Dec 1951.
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Shoulder
Sleeve Insignia
- Description: On
a green disc with a 1/8 inch (.32cm) yellow border 2 ¾
inches (6.99cm) in diameter overall, a yellow trumpet
bound with a gray cord and with mouthpiece up in front
of and extending above a green scroll of three loops
edged in yellow and bearing in gray letters the word "Brave"
to the left of the trumpet and the word "Rifles"
to the right of the trumpet and the numeral "3"
also in gray immediately below the trumpet bell.
- Symbolism: The
device on the disc is similar to the Regiment’s
distinctive insignia. The color green and yellow (gold)
trumpet refer to the organization of the Regiment in
1846 as the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen with uniform
facings of green and an insignia consisting of a gold
trumpet. The words "Brave Rifles" are from the
accolade given the Regiment by General Winfield Scott,
Commanding General of the Army, for its action at
Capultepec during the Mexican War and the gray color of
the letters and numerical designation in simulating the
color of steel allude to the Regimental Motto "Blood
and Steel" which was derived from the same accolade
("Brave Rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in
fire and blood and have come out steel.") The
shoulder sleeve insignia has been worn by the Regiment
since 1944 when it was recognized for wear by General
George S. Patton, Commanding General, Third United
States Army and 28th Colonel of Regiment, 1938-1940.
- Background: The
insignia was approved on 12 Jun 1967.
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Coat
of Arms
- Description:
Shield: Vert, on a cross Argent, a tower of the field;
on a chief Or a bend Gules. Crest: On a wreath of the
colors Argent and Vert a trumpet palewise Or. Motto: "Brave
Rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and
blood and have come out steel."
- Symbolism: The
regiment’s original green facings on the uniform
and its gold trumpet insignia are shown by the color of
the shield and by the crest. The unit’s first
engagement was the capture of Vera Cruz, and it
continued with especially distinguished service
throughout the campaign of 1847 to the capture of Mexico
City. Upon entering the city, it hoisted the Stars and
Stripes over the national palace and displayed the
regimental standard from the palace balcony, which drew
from General Scott the statement, "Brave Rifles!
Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and
have come out steel." The campaign is shown by the
cross for Vera Cruz and the tower in green (the Mexican
color) for fortified Mexico City, the first and last
engagements thereof. The chief, taken from the arms of
Lorraine, commemorates the regiment’s World War I
service.
- Background: The
coat of arms was originally approved for the 3d Cavalry
7 May 1921. It was redesignated for the 3d Cavalry
Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized on 28 Feb 1945. On
18 Dec 1951 it was redesignated for the 3d Armored
Cavalry Regiment. The coat of arms was amended on 27 Jun
1960 to revise the symbolism.
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