344th MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent on a saltire celeste a key ward up bendwise sinister surmounted by two pikes bendwise or.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: SILENT SENTINEL.

Symbolism: Oriental blue and silver gray are the colors used for military intelligence. The key, symbol for security and secrecy, and the pikes, weapons used by sentries in the Middle Ages, symbolize the basic mission of the organization.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device consisting of a gold key, ward slanted upward to right behind the shafts of two pikes; all encircled by a continuous oval-shaped scroll passing through the bow of the key, behind the pike heads, keyward and over the pike staffs and bearing the inscription in black letters SILENT SENTINEL. Symbolism: The key, symbol for security and secrecy, and the pikes, weapons used by sentries in the Middle Ages, symbolize the basic mission of the organization. The shape of the bow of the key and the two pikes further simulates the numerical designation of the organization.

LINEAGE RA (active)

• Constituted 5 November 1962 in the Army Reserve as the 344th Army Security Agency Company .
• Activated 28 February 1963 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 344th Army Security Agency Battalion .
• Inactivated 31 January 1968 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Redesignated 1 February 1990 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 344th Military Intelligence Battalion ; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army.
• Headquarters transferred 25 May 1990 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

• None.

DECORATIONS

• Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990-1991 (344th Military Intelligence Battalion cited; DA GO 34, 1992)