The U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (SSI) was approved on 1 October 2015, just under six weeks before the approval of the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia - Military Operations in Hostile Conditions (SSI-MOHC) Insignia for the U.S. Army Cyber School and Army Cyber Corps on 19 November 2015.
A heptagon (seven-sided polygon) forms the basis of the insignia and represents the seven warfighting functions of the Army and the support the Cyber Center provides to them. The background of the insignia is steel-gray, primary branch color of the Cyber Corps, while the orange border is an allusion to the Signal Corps, one of three activities (along with Electronic Warfare and Cyberspace Operations) for which the Center is a force-modernization proponent.
The gridlined demi-sphere is an emblem denoting the Center’s sustainment of Army operations carried out throughout the world; the sword resting on its side reflects the offensive and defensive nature of Army Cyber’s mission. Three flames testify to the everlasting guiding light that is provided by training and knowledge.
The Army Cyber Center of Excellence is based at Fort Eisenhower (known as Fort Gordon prior to 27 October 2023) in Georgia, which also serves as the home for the headquarters of the United States Army Signal Corps and United States Army Cyber Command.
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