Coat of Arms
- Blazon
- Shield: Or, a fleur-de-lis Gules between in chief two mullets Vert pierced of the field.
- Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the North Carolina Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors Or and Vert, a hornet’s nest handing from a bough beset with 13 hornets all Proper.
- Motto: "Read, Poised, Decisive"
- Symbolism
- Yellow is the color used to denote Armor and the pierced mullets simulate spur rowels and refer to service in World War II. The fleur-de-lis alludes to France and Italy and represents the World War II campaigns in those countries. The colors red and green refer to the decorations of the French Croix-de-Guerre and the Belgian Fourragere awarded to elements of the Regiment.
- Crest: The crest is that of the North Carolina Army National Guard.
- Background: The coat of arms was approved on 7 July 1966. It was amended to change the symbolism on 29 January 1970.
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