Regimental Blazonry

Coat of Arms

Shield
Vair Argent and Azure, in chief an Indian arrow and a Philippine bolo in saltire Or and in base a five bastioned fort Gules fimbriated of the third (Or).
Crest
On a wreath of the colors on a cross pateé Argent a garb Proper pierced by a devil’s trident in pale Sable armed Gules.
Motto
Semper Paratus (Alaways Prepared)

Symbolism

Shield
The shield is the fur vair, white and blue, from the arms of Fléville, France, where the regiment took its first day’s objective in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign. The crossed arrow and bolo recall the Indian and Philippine Campaigns and the five-bastioned fort was the badge of the V Army Corps in Cuba to which the regiment was assigned.
Crest
The crest is the white maltese cross of the 2nd Division, V Army Corps to which the regiment was assigned for most of the the Civil War. The devil’s trident and the sheaf of wheat represent the desperate fighting by the regiment between the Devil’s Den and the Wheatfield at Gettysburg where it lost approximately 50 percent of its effective strength in casualties.
Motto
The motto “Always Prepared” has been in use by the regiment since 1907. It is typically rendered as “Always Ready.”
Background
The coat of arms was approved 9 December 1924.

Distinctive Unit Insignia

Description
A metal and enamel device 1 inch (2.54cm) in height overall, a vair Argent and Azure, in chief an Indian arrow and a Philippine bolo in saltire Or and in base a five bastioned fort Gules fimbriated of the third (Or).
Symbolism
The shield is the fur vair, white and blue, from the arms of Fléville, France, where the regiment took its first day’s objective in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign. The crossed arrow and bolo recall the Indian and Philippine Campaigns and the five-bastioned fort was the badge of the V Army Corps in Cuba to which the regiment was assigned.
Background
The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 24 November 1926.