309th MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION
COAT OF ARMS
Shield: Argent, on a pale emitting in saltire four lightning flashes azure a key ward to dexter in base,
the bow a bear's head, or.
Crest: None approved.
Motto: SENTINELS OF SECURITY.
Symbolism: Teal blue and white are the colors formerly used for Army Security Agency organizations. The key symbolizes the unit's mission, the guarding of security, and the golden bear's head on the key represents the state of California, where the unit was originally activated. The lightning flashes, symbolic of electricity, relate to the importance of electronic communications as part of the unit's functions.
DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA
The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.
LINEAGE RA (active)
- Constituted 19 September 1952 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 309th Communication Reconnaissance Battalion .
- Activated 1 November 1952 at Los Angeles, California.
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1956 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 309th Communication Reconnaissance Battalion (organic elements constituted 29 December 1955-4 March 1956 and activated 1 February-5 March 1956).
- Redesignated 1 October 1956 as the 309th Army Security Agency Battalion .
- Inactivated 15 July 1959 at Los Angeles, California.
- Activated 15 September 1962 with Headquarters at Bell, California. (Companies A, B, C, and D reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1966 as the 518th, 519th, 520th, and 521st Army Security Agency Companies -hereafter separate lineages.)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company inactivated 15 July 1986 at Bell, California.
- Redesignated 1 February 1990 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 309th Military Intelligence Battalion ; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army Headquarters transferred 17 August 1990 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
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