Kentucky Army National Guard
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Unit
Insignia
- Description: A
gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86
cm) in height overall consisting of a blue disk bearing
at the top, horizontally throughout, two gold clasped
hands terminating in black cuffs above fifteen gold
stars in base grouped in five staggered horizontal rows,
all enclosed by a circular gold scroll folded over the
cuffs and inscribed "FIGHT" at the top and "AS
KENTUCKIANS" at the sides and base, all letters
blue.
- Symbolism: The
two clasped hands are from the crest for Army National
Guard units of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The hands,
symbolizing the state motto "United We Stand,
Divided We Fall," additionally refer to the state's
courageous fighting forces united for victory. The blue
background is from the flag of "The Bluegrass
State." The fifteen stars in staggered rows of
three stars each refer to Kentucky, the fifteenth state
admitted to the Union, and a historic arrangement of the
stars on the 1795 National Flag of the United States.
- Background: The
distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment and noncolor
bearing units of the Kentucky Army National Guard on 14
May 1971. The insignia was redesignated for
Headquarters, State Area Command, Kentucky Army National
Guard effective 30 December 1983.
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Shoulder
Sleeve Insignia
- Description: On
a shield 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm) in width and 3 1/4
inches (8.26 cm) in height overall triparted blue, white
and red with a yellow chief, a white long rifle barrel
up outlined in blue diagonally from upper left to lower
right, all within a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) blue border.
- Symbolism: Red,
white and blue are our national colors. The yellow, red
and blue allude to the combat arms: armor (cavalry),
artillery and infantry. The long rifle is inseparably
associated with the early history of Kentucky prior to
and after its admission to the Union as the fifteenth
State.
- Background: The
shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved for
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Kentucky Army
National Guard on 7 December 1973. The insignia was
redesignated with description amended for the
Headquarters, State Area Command, Kentucky Army National
Guard on 30 December 1983.
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Crest
for Coat of Arms
- Description:
That for regiments and separate battalions of the
Kentucky Army National Guard: From a wreath of colors,
within a garland of trumpet vine clasped hands clothed
at the wrists all Proper.
- Symbolism: The
trumpet vine is the State flower and the clasped hands
are indicative of the motto of Kentucky, "United We
Stand, Divided We Fall."
- Background: The
crest was approved for the color bearing organizations
of the State of Kentucky on 5 February 1924.
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