Coats of arms of U.S. Air Defense Artillery Regiments
Coats of arms of US Air Defense Artillery regiments are heraldic emblems associated with Field Artillery, Air Defense Artillery, and Coast Artillery regiments in the US Army. Under Army Regulation 840-10, each regiment and separate table of organization and equipment (TOE) battalion of the US Army is authorized a coat of arms to be displayed on the organization's flag, called the "colors."[1] This coat of arms usually forms the basis for the unit's distinctive unit insignia (DUI), the emblem worn by all members of the unit on their service uniforms.[2]
The coats of arms for artillery units normally incorporate the color red, which has been the traditional color of the Artillery Branch in the US Army since the formation of the Corps of Artillery in 1777.[3] Below are galleries of the coats of arms of US Army Air Defense Artillery units. These coats of arms are generally the ones brought forward from Coast Artillery units after 1968 under the creation of the Air Defense Artillery branch. Most are the work of Master Gunner and Master Sergeant Edward C. Kuhn (March 29, 1872 – September 4, 1948), who designed the first authorized coats of arms and distinctive unit insignia for the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, Engineer Corps, Cavalry, Infantry, National Guard and other branches.[4][5] The official mottoes (as awarded by The Institute of Heraldry of the U.S. Army) and/or special designations (as awarded by the United States Army Center of Military History) of the units are also noted.
Air Defense Artillery
Coast Artillery
- 7th Coast Artillery
(now 7th Air Defense Artillery) - 8th Coast Artillery
(now 27th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion)
"Terrae Portam Defendamus" (We Defend The Land Gate) - 9th Coast Artillery
(now 9th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion)
"Prima Libertatis Acio" (In the First Line of Battle for Liberty) - 10th Coast Artillery
"Valiant and Vigilant"
(later 10th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion) - 11th Coast Artillery
"Audax et Vigilans" (Daring and vigilant)
(now 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion) - 12th Coast Artillery
"Impiger et Animosus" (Alert and Courageous) - 13th Coast Artillery
"Quod Habemus Defendemus" (What We Hold We Will Defend) - 14th Coast Artillery
"Semper Vigilans" (Always Watchful) - 15th Coast Artillery
"Littore Sistimus" (We Take Our Stand On The Shore) - 51st Coast Artillery
"En Avant" (Forward) - 52nd Coast Artillery
"Semper Paratus" (Always Prepared) - 53rd Coast Artillery
"Je Frappe" (I Strike) - 55th Coast Artillery
(now 55th Air Defense Artillery) - 56th Coast Artillery
(now 56th Air Defense Artillery) - 61st Coast Artillery
(now 61st Air Defense Artillery)
"Non Est Ad Astra Mollis E Terris Via" (The Way To the Stars Is Not Easy) - 63rd Coast Artillery
"Amor Patriae" (The Love Of Country) - 64th Coast Artillery
"We Aim High" - 65th Coast Artillery
(now 65th Air Defense Artillery) - 71st Coast Artillery
(now 71st Air Defense Artillery) - 91st Coast Artillery
"Always Faithful" - 92nd Coast Artillery
"Always Ready" - 205th Coast Artillery
(formerly 205th Air Defense, now 205th Regiment)
"Res Verae" (Data Correct) - 215th Coast Artillery
(now 94th Cavalry)
"Viking Vanguard" - 240th Coast Artillery
(now 240th Regiment (Regional Training Institute)) - 243rd Coast Artillery
(now 243rd Regional Training Institute) - 244th Coast Artillery Regiment
(now 244th Air Defense Artillery Regiment)
"RATIONE AUT VI (By Reason Or By Force)." - 249th Coast Artillery
(now 249th Regiment (Regional Training Institute)) - 260th Coast Artillery
(now 260th Regiment)
"Ferio, tego" (I Strike, I Defend) - 364th Coast Artillery
(now 364th Regiment)
"Semper Paratus" (Always Ready) - 369th Coast Artillery
"Don't tread on me"
Sources & references
- ↑ Army Regulation 840-10, Heraldic Activities: Flags, Guidons, Streamers, Tabards, and Automobile and Aircraft Plates Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ The Institute of Heraldry (U.S. Army) coat of arms page Archived April 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ The Institute of Heraldry (U.S. Army) Air Defense Artillery page
- ↑ Day, Gene. "The Man Who Makes Our National Coats of Arms." The Boys World, November 8, 1924, 2.
- ↑ "Soldier Is Expert Embroiderer: Army Sergeant Designs Regimental Insignia." The National Spectator, January 23, 1926, 16-17.
Further reading
- Greg Hagg; Bolling Smith; Mark Berhow. "Insignia of the Coast Artillery Corps" (PDF). The Coast Defense Study Group, Inc. Retrieved 18 May 2018.