The United States Army Corrections Command patch, technically designated as the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia-Military OperatiOns in Hostile Conditions (SSI-MOHC) insignia, was approved on 28 September 2007, just four days before the Command was established as a Field Operating Agency under the operational control of the U.S. Army Provost Marshal General.
The insignia is available as either a nonsubdued (colored) or a subdued (camouflage pattern) insignia. Green and yellow, the official branch colors of the Military Police Corps, are used almost exclusively in the rendering of the nonsubdued version of the insignia, with a gold/yellow border around the edge of the circular insignia and a gold/yellow hexagon in the center of a green background. The hexagon is divided vertically by three downward-pointing arrows, horizontally by three green lines, and is surmounted by a gold star.
The six sides of the hexagon allude to the six correctional facilities which the Command manages, located at Forts Leavenworth, Lewis, Sill, and Knox, Coleman Barracks in Germany, and Camp Humphreys in South Korea. Green bars allude to the setting the bar of conscience against anger, while the spears are symbols of readiness and vigilance; together, they simulate a portcullis, the vertically closing latticed gates often used in castles and medieval fortifications in Europe.
A single gold star—gold is the color of excellence—is an emblem of the Army Corrections Command’s authority and capability to rehabilitate military offenders in support of Army operations and those of other military departments.
Before the Army Corrections Command was created, U.S. Amy prisons operated under U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command; U.S. Army Forces Command; U.S. Army Europe, and U.S. Forces Korea.