Coats of arms of US Army units are heraldic emblems associated with units 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."Army Regulation 840-10, Heraldic Activities: Flags, Guidons, Streamers, Tabards, and Automobile and Aircraft Plates 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.
Below are galleries of the coats of arms of US Army units. 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.
Adjutant General units
Air Defense Artillery units
1 to 100
101 on
Armor units
1 to 100
101 to 200
201 on
Field Artillery 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. In 1917 the numbers from 1 through 100 were reserved for the Regular Army, from 101 through 300 for the National Guard, and 301 and above for the National Army. Under this system the 1st through 21st and 76th through 83d were organized in the Regular Army; the 101st through 151st, in the National Guard; and the 301st through 351st, plus the 25th through 75th and the 84th and 85th, in the National Army. Several numbers in national guard units have been "reused" so that its possible to have two units with same number, but at different time periods.
1 to 100
101 to 200
201 to 300
301 on
Aviation units
1 to 100
101 to 200
200 on
Cavalry units
1 to 100
101 to 300
300-on
Chemical units
1 to 400
400 to 500
Civil Affairs units
1 to 100
400 to 500
Coast Artillery
Engineer units
1 to 100
101 to 200
201 to 300
300 to 544
Finance units
1 to 100
101 to 200
201 on
Infantry units
The coats of arms for infantry units normally incorporate the color blue, which has been the traditional color of the infantry in the U.S. Army since 1851. Active duty units that have served in war are authorized a crest. National Guard units are authorized the crest for their respective state, while Army Reserve units are all authorized a crest depicting a minuteman.
1 to 100
101 to 300
301 to 400
401 to 500
501 to 600
Medical units
Military Intelligence
Military Police units
Signal
Special Forces
Support
Non-specified regiments
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