The 43rd Sustainment Brigade Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (SSI), or unit patch, was designed by members of the 43rd Area Support Group in anticipation of the Group’s redesignation as a Brigade and was approved for wear on 16 April 2008, three months prior to the Brigade’s official redesignation. Unfortunately, the design would adorn the sleeves of uniforms for only seven years: the Brigade was inactivated on 9 July 2015. Subordinate units assigned to the Brigade were assigned to the 4th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade and were “repatched” with the Divisional insignia.
An arced rectangle forms the basis of the 43rd Sustainment Brigade unit patch, with a scarlet bend dexter on a buff background with gold border. The area above the bend has a compass rose in its center, a symbol of the Brigade’s ability to provide guidance and to deploy anywhere around the globe.
Below the bend, a white-capped mountain range is a reference to the unit’s home at Fort Carson, Colorado (it was activated there in 1966). Five mountain represent the five campaigns that the Brigade’s predecessors, the 43rd Corps Support Group and 43rd Area Support Group, took part in, always delivering on the promise of the unit’s motto to “Provide With Pride.”
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