Category:5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment Heraldry

Coat of Arms[edit]

Blazon[edit]

• Shield: Gules, a bend Or charged with six cannon paleways in pairs Sable, between in sinister chief a fishhook fessways, ring to dexter, barb to base, and in dexter base a Lorraine Cross, both of the second (Or).

• Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules upon a cannon wheel Or partly surrounded by two palm branches Vert the wheel grasped by two hands Proper issuant chevronways from base, a bronze cannon paleways smoking of the last (Proper).

• Motto: VOLENS ET POTENS (Willing and Able).

Symbolism[edit]

• Shield:

1. The shield is scarlet for Artillery.
2. The fishhook, representative of the shape of the Federal battle lines, alludes to the Battle of Gettysburg.
3. The cannon in pairs refers to the Battle of New Market, 1864.
4. The Lorraine Cross denotes service in Lorraine, World War I.

• Crest:

1. The crest represents the gallant service of Lieutenant Richard Metcalf's battery at Spotsylvania, 4-24 May 1864, when it charged earthworks firing its guns and then ran them up by hand to a new position, to the Bloody Angle and fired repeatedly.
2. This is purported to be the only recorded instance in the Civil War of a battery charging on breastworks.

Background[edit]

1. The coat of arms was originally approved for the 5th Coast ArtilleryRegiment on 1925-10-03.
2. It was cancelled on 1960-04-19.
3. The insignia was restored and authorized for the 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment on 1971-09-01.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA[edit]

Description[edit]

1. A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, a bend Or charged with six cannon paleways in pairs Sable, between in sinister chief a fishhook fessways, ring to dexter, barb to base, and in dexter base a Lorraine Cross, both of the second (Or).

Symbolism[edit]

1. The shield is scarlet for Artillery, The fishhook, representative of the shape of the Federal battle lines, alludes to the Battle of Gettysburg. The cannon in pairs refers to the Battle of New Market, 1864.
2. The Lorraine Cross denotes service in Lorraine, World War I.

Background[edit]

1. The first design of the distinctive unit insignia (this design consisted of the crest of the coat of arms and the motto) was originally approved for the 5th Coast Artillery Regiment on 1925-10-02.
2. It was cancelled on 1960-04-19.
3. The insignia was restored and authorized for the 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment on 1971-09-01.

Flag[edit]

Description[edit]

• a. Size:

1. Hoist: Three Feet.
2. Fly: Four Feet.

• b. Organizational colors:

1. Background: Scarlet.
2. Arms: An embroidered American eagle displayed centered on the background. In its right talon the eagle holds an olive branch; in its left talon, a bundle of 13 arrows, all in proper colors. Its beak grasps a white scroll inscribed with the unit motto. On the eagle’s breast is embroidered the shield of the coat of arms and the crest is above the eagle’s head. For those organizations with an approved badge in lieu of a coat of arms, the eagle’s breast is feathered and the badge is located above the eagle’s head.
3. Designating Scroll: Below the eagle is a white scroll inscribed with the designation of the organization.
4. Fringe: Yellow.
5. Outline of Scrolls: Yellow.
6. Letters and Numbers: Scarlet.

• c. Coat Of Arms:

1. Each regiment and separate TOE battalion, if the unit has wartime service, or serves in the US Army Reserve or the National Guard, is authorized a coat of arms consisting of shield, crest, and motto.
2. Regular Army units without wartime service are authorized a coat of arms without the crest.

• d. The design of the coat of arms is based on the history, honors, and mission of each particular regiment or separate battalion of the Active Army, Army National Guard, or U.S. Army Reserve.

• e. The crest for color-bearing organizations of the Active Army also reflects the history and honors of each regiment or separate battalion.

• f. Army National Guard Units.

1. All Army National Guard units allotted to a State will use the crest approved for that State.
2. On the color of separate battalions (fixed and flexible), the crest of the state to which the battalion headquarters is allotted will be displayed on the color.
3. For regiments, the crest of each state that is allotted a battalion of the regiment will be displayed above the eagle’s head, from dexter to sinister, in the order of admission of each state into the union.

• g. US Army Reserve Units. All color-bearing organizations of the Army Reserve use the Lexington Minuteman crest above the eagle’s head.

• h. The design of the coat of arms is subject to approval by The Institute of Heraldry. Coats of arms, mottos, and crests to the coats of arms previously approved and/or reassigned continue in effect. Changes will not be made to approved coat of arms, motto or crest unless an error exists in the design.