This design of this Combat Service ID Badge, often referred to by the initialism CSIB, is based upon the Command’s Shoulder Sleeve Insignia – Military Operations In Hostile Conditions (SSI-MOHC) insignia that was originally approved for the Military Traffic Management and Terminal Service on 17 August 1965. It was subsequently redesignated on 10 December 1974 for the Military Traffic Management Command and retained that designation for almost thirty years. On 1 January2004, the insignia was redesignated for the U.S. Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command and its description was concurrently updated.
Green, the color for “go” in the universal color code, is used for the disc, and its allusion to movement is reinforced by the white arrow. Besides the obvious message to advance or go forward, the arrow has extra meanings in U.S. military heraldry: it can refer to the military symbol used on a map to denote troop or unit movements, and it’s also used as device to indicate participation in an Airborne or Amphibious assault, thus pointing to the military aspect of the organization’s mission.
The three prongs of the arrow are a reference to the three military departments that fall under the Department of Defense jurisdiction—Army, Navy, Air Force—as well as the joint nature of the Command’s endeavors.
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