[edit] SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA.

[edit] Description:

• On a upright blue rectangle with rounded ends 3 inches (7.62cm) by 2 inches (5.08cm) overall, and within a narrow white border and a wider red border 1/8 inch (.32cm) in width, a representation of the Great Dipper and North Star in yellow above two white-capped mountains and overall from top to bottom a blue bayonet, point up, edged white.

[edit] Symbolism:

• Combat arms colors are represented with the bayonet alluding to the Infantry and symbolizing attack.
• The Great Dipper and North Star allude to Alaska and the mountains refer to the terrain over which the units will maneuver to gain and hold ground.

[edit] Background:

• The shoulder sleeve insignia was authorized on 28 Aug 1963.

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