115TH SIGNAL BATTALION

                                                                                

                   Distinctive Unit Insignia                                                    Coat of Arms

Distinctive Unit Insignia. Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned as follows: Gules, on a pile throughout between two 40mm shells Or a fountain Proper. Attached to the shield a gold motto scroll inscribed "FIRST IN DUTY" in red letters.
Symbolism: The colors red and yellow are used for Artillery. The pile represents a searchlight beam to indicate the Coast Artillery origin of the unit. The shells denote the organization’s function as an Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons unit. The fountain, a heraldic symbol for water, depicts the battalion’s campaign service during World War II in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
Background: The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved on 30 Mar 1954, for the 278th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (Automatic Weapons). It was redesignated for the 115th Signal Battalion on 8 Dec 1960.

Coat of Arms.
    Blazon:
          Shield: Gules, on a pile throughout between two 40mm shells Or a fountain Proper.
          Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Alabama National Guard: On a wreath of the colors, Or and Gules, a slip of cotton plant with full bursting boll Proper.
          Motto: FIRST IN DUTY
    Symbolism: The colors red and yellow are used for Artillery. The pile represents a searchlight beam to indicate the Coast Artillery origin of the unit. The shells denote the organization’s function as an Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons unit. The fountain, a heraldic symbol for water, depicts the battalion’s campaign service during World War II in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
    Background: The coat of arms was originally approved on 30 Mar 1954, for the 278th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (Automatic Weapons). It was redesignated for the 115th Signal Battalion on 8 Dec 1960. 

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