6th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States)

6th Air Defense Artillery

Coat of arms
Active
Country  United States
Branch Air Defense Artillery
Motto "Certo Dirigo Ictu" (I Aim With a Sure Blow)

The 6th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an air defense artillery regiment in the United States Army.

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Lineage

Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as the 6th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 23 March 1898 at Fort McHenry, Maryland.

Distinctive unit insignia

A gold black-spotted ocelot rampant. The insignia is 1 3/16 inches (3.02 cm) in height.

The ocelot is a native of Panama and roams as far south as Patagonia and signifies the character of the unit as this animal usually climbs trees and fights upwards for its prey.

The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 65th Coast Artillery Regiment on 15 July 1925. It was amended to specify the insignia would be manufactured in pairs on 21 September 1925. It was redesignated for the 65th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion on 23 September 1949. The insignia was redesignated for the 65th Artillery Regiment on 8 January 1959. It was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 65th Air Defense Artillery Regiment.[1]

Coat of arms

Blazon

Parti per pairle Argent, Gules and Azure, in chief a mullet of five points of the second and in fess debased two fleurs-de-lis Or.

On a wreath of the colors Argent and Gules a grizzly bear passant Sable langued Gules.

Symbolism

The field of the shield, an adaptation of the flag of the Philippine Insurgents, alludes to the Regiment's service in the Philippine Insurrection. The scarlet star refers to Artillery, its five points indicative of the number of engagements in which a battery of the old 6th Artillery participated during the Insurrection. The two fleurs-de-lis denote service in France, World War I.

The crest is taken from that of the Coast Defenses of San Francisco where the old regiment and the majority of its batteries were stationed.

Background

The coat of arms was originally approved for the 6th Coast Artillery on 3 May 1924. It was redesignated for the 6th Coast Artillery Battalion on 26 Feb 1945. On 8 Mar 1951 the coat of arms was redesignated for the 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. It was cancelled on 15 May 1959. On 1 Sep 1971 the coat for arms was reinstated for the 6th Air Defense Artillery.[1]

Current units

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