COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess dancetty azure and sable, a chief invected argent, and overall a sword bend sinisterwise point to base gules surmounted by a lightning flash issuant from dexter chief bendwise overall or.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: KNOWLEDGE FOR BATTLE.

Symbolism: Silver gray and oriental blue are the colors used for military intelligence units. The divisions of the shield are symbolic of weather and terrain, with the scarlet sword representing the enemy. The unit™s deployment overseas is symbolized by the wavy blue section and the black area in base refers to the steep, mountainous terrain of Korea, where elements of the battalion served during the Korean War. The lightning flash signifies the seeking, gathering, and dissemination of information relative to the areas of weather, terrain, and the enemy and further denotes the constant vigi- lance which is inherent in the mission of military intelligence.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE RA (active)

• Constituted 16 September 1981 in the Regular Army as the 102d Military Intelligence Battalion , assigned to the 2d Infantry Division, and activated in Korea (329th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 1] and 2d Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 2] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B).

• Constituted 23 October 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 3106th Signal Service Platoon . Activated 1 November 1943 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey Inactivated 10 February 1946 on Okinawa.
• Activated 19 November 1946 at Vint Hill Farms Station, Virginia.
• Redesignated 1 April 1947 as the 3d Signal Service Platoon .
• Reorganized and redesignated 25 March 1949 as the 53d Signal Service Company .
• Allotted 13 October 1950 to the Regular Army Converted and redesignated 1 December 1950 as the 329th Communication Reconnaissance Company .
• Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1955 as Company B, 301st Communication Reconnaissance Battalion .
• Redesignated 1 July 1956 as Company B, 301st Army Security Agency Battalion . Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Korea.
• Redesignated 1 November 1975 as the 329th Army Security Agency Company and activated in Korea.

• Constituted 12 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2d Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment. Activated 6 August 1944 in France with personnel from provisional Counter Intelligence Corps detachment attached to the 2d Infantry Division.
• Allotted 3 February 1949 to the Regular Army Inactivated 15 September 1956 at Fort Lewis, Washington.
• Redesignated 26 February 1958 as the 2d Military Intelligence Detachment. Activated 14 June 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia.
• Assigned 30 June 1976 to the 2d Infantry Division.
• Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1979 as the 2d Military Intelligence Company

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

• Silver band without inscription

• Second Korean Winter
• Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
• Third Korean Winter
• Korea, Summer 1953

• Normandy
• Northern France Rhineland
• Ardennes-Alsace
• Central Europe

• UN Defensive
• UN Offensive
• CCF Intervention
• First UN Counteroffensive
• CCF Spring Offensive
• UN Summer-Fall Offensive
• Second Korean Winter
• Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
• Third Korean Winter
• Korea, Summer 1953

DECORATIONS

• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952 (329th Communication Reconnaissance Company cited; DA GO 108, 1952)
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953 (329th Communication Reconnaissance Company cited; DA GO 22, 1954)
• Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA (329th Communication Reconnaissance Company cited; DA GO 33, 1953, as amended by DA GO 41, 1955)

• Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HONGCHON (2d Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment cited; DA GO 72, 195 1)
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA (2d Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment cited; DA GO 32, 1954)
• Belgian Fourragere 1940 (2d Infantry Division cited; DA GO 43, 1950)
• Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes (2d Infantry Division cited; DA GO 43, 1950)
• Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn Crest (2d Infantry Division cited; DA GO 43, 1950)