The 111th Military Intelligence Brigade Shoulder Sleeve Insignia—also called a unit patch—was approved for the unit on 12 March 2013. Originally constituted as the 111th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment on 10 May 1946, the Brigade underwent four redesignations between that time and 1987 when it received its current title. It also was concurrently transferred to United States Army Training and Doctrine Command at that time activated at Fort Huachuca, its current home.
Although originally formed in Atlanta, the 111th Military Intelligence Brigade called Arizona home for more than quarter-century before its unit insignia was approved. Red and gold sun rays above a field of azure (also called Oriental blue, a Military Intelligence color) are taken from the Arizona state flag. Seven gold rays from the sun symbolize the seven states in the southeastern US where units from which the Brigade is descended once operated; the rays also represent the seven intelligence disciplines in force at the time (HUMINT, SIGINT, GEOINT, MASINT, etc.).
Six red sun rays stand for the steps that support the intelligence process that empowers situational understanding and the decision-making process. The whirling shape of the phoenix reflects the continuous process of supplying intelligence to support operations, and also symbolizes the ability of intelligence warfighters to leverage the intelligence enterprise at all echelons.
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