16th Infantry Regiment

Authorised 24 November 1926

A metal and enamel device 1 inch (2.54cm) in height overall, a vair Argent and Azure, in chief an Indian arrow and a Philippine bolo in saltire Or and in base a five bastioned fort Gules fimbriated of the third (Or).

The shield is the fur vair, white and blue, from the arms of Fléville, France, where the regiment took its objective in the Argonne operation, The crossed arrow and bolo recall the Indian and Philippine fighting and the five-bastioned fort that was the badge of the V Corps in Cuba.

The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 24 Nov 1926. Coat of Arms

Authorised 24 November 1926

Vair Argent and Azure, in chief an Indian arrow and a Philippine bolo in saltire Or and in base a five bastioned fort Gules fimbriated of the third (Or). On a wreath of the colors on a cross pateé Argent a garb Proper pierced by a devil's trident in pale Sable armed Gules. SEMPER PARATUS.

The shield is the fur vair, white and blue, from the arms of Fléville, France, where the regiment took its objective in the Argonne operation, The crossed arrow and bolo recall the Indian and Philippine fighting and the five-bastioned fort that was the badge of the V Corps in Cuba. The crest is the white maltese cross of the V Corps in the Civil War and represents the desperate fighting in the Wheatfield and Devil's Den at Gettysburg where the regiment lost approximately 50% of its effective strength. The motto "Always Prepared" has been in use by the regiment since 1907.

The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 24 Nov 1926. Coat of Arms