The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence was originally approved for the Maneuver Support Center on 21 November 2008. It was subsequently redesignated for the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence on 1 October 2009.
As the name states, the Center of Excellence is home to organizations that train units from branches that provide support for the Army’s Maneuver forces; the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia references them in the two outward-facing chevrons placed together in the center of the insignia to form a diamond shape. Starting at the bottom left and moving clockwise, Green stands for Military Police; Cobalt Blue is for the Chemical Corps; Scarlet is for Engineer functions; and Purple stands for the Joint units that train at the Center.
The four-pointed bastion shape upon which the chevrons rest is a symbol of Fort Leonard Wood, while the sword is a symbol of military readiness; gold is used for the bastion and the insignia’s border to denote excellence and high achievement.
Established at Fort Leonard Wood on 1 October 1999, the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence is home to three branch schools: U.S. Army Engineer, Military Police, and Chemical/Biological/Radiological/Nuclear. It is one of only four Army Training Centers that also offers both Reception Operations and Basic Combat Training for new enlistees, and is also home to a large body of international students, with roughly 475 students receiving training there each year. In 2019, international students at the Center represented seventy-three nations.
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