The 210th Field Artillery Brigade Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, commonly referred to as a unit patch, was approved on 19 April 1980. A black, vertically oriented cannon barrel superimposed on diagonally crossed lines is reminiscent of a sighting device and thus implies firepower and accuracy. The Brigade’s numerical designation is symbolized by a pair of crescents, which are shaped like the Roman numeral “c” for 100, while the “X” formed by the diagonal crossed lines is the Roman numeral for 10. According to The Institute of Heraldry, the crescents also suggest a high trajectory and long range.
Originally constituted as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 210th Field Artillery Group on 4 January 1944 and activated at Camp Maxey, Texas three weeks later, the unit took part in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns in World War II before inactivation in 1946. It was activated again in 1958 in Germany, where it was stationed until it was deployed for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990, earning all three combat streamers for the Southwest Asia conflict and a Valorous Unit Award.
Relocated to Fort Lewis, Washington in 1992, the Brigade was inactivated in 1996. It was reactivated in 2006 as the 210th Fires Brigade in South Korea and was subsequently redesignated as a Field Artillery Brigade. “Controlling The Best,” the Brigade motto, is emblazoned on its Distinctive Unit Insignia, also called a unit crest or DUI.
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