The 50th Regional Support Group Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, or unit patch, was originally authorized for the 50th Support Group, a Florida Army National Guard unit that was created through the conversion and redesignation of the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 227th Field Artillery Brigade on 1 October 1988. The Group has been stationed at Homestead, Florida since September 1997.
It is unclear when the 50th Support Group was redesignated as a Regional Support Group, but it is likely to have been after 2009 because the 50th Support Group unit patch was approved on 24 February 2009.
The insignia’s broad spear-tip shape (point down) is a symbol of the Native American heritage of the Group’s home state of Florida A bend sinister (diagonal line oriented from NE to SW) indicates the Group’s role in the protection of the citizens of Florida during times of danger or disaster. Inside the shield, the blue and green fields abutting one another symbolizes the meeting of sea and land, both of which are in the Group’s area of operations. A radiant sun in the middle has eight rays that evoke the eight compass points as an illustration of the unit’s global reach.
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