Description302nd Information Operations Battalion COA.png	English: Coat of Arms (COA) of the 302nd Information Operations Battalion, part of the United States Army Reserve.
Date	16 September 2009
Source	302nd Information Operations Battalion heraldry from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry website
Author	United States Army        Authority file : Q9212 VIAF: 135579316 ISNI: 0000000121632208 ULAN: 500312951 LCCN: n79063202 NLA: 35562961 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q9212

Blazon

• Shield: Azure, a lightning bolt surmounted by a sword, point upward in saltire and interlaced by an annulet all Or; a chief of the last, on a pale Teal a mullet Or.
• Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve:  From a wreath Or and Azure, the Lexington Minute Man proper, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the common in Lexington, Massachusetts.
• Motto: "Victory thru Information"

Symbolism

• Shield: Blue indicates exactness.  The following images embody the mission of the Battalion:  the lightning bolt signifies swiftness to disseminate information; the sword symbolizes training and security operations; the annulet denotes the unit's continuous worldwide deployability to provide multi-disciplined information operation capabilities, vulnerable and assessed, to the Army Service Component Command and subordinate commands.  The pale suggests military determination.  Teal is the color traditionally associated with Branch Immaterial.  The three divisions at the top of the shield stand for the elements that comprise the Battalion ? OPSEC Support Company, Assessment and Effect Company, and Headquarters and Headquarters Support Detachment, illustrated by the pale and star.
• Crest: The crest is that of the United States Army Reserve.

Background

The coat of arms was approved effective 16 September 2009.

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