KYNG Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (Patches)

Kentucky National Guard Distinctive Shoulder Sleeve Inisignia (Patches)

STARC Patch

Shoulder sleeve insignia description: On a shield 2 ½-inches in width and 3 ¼-inches in height overall triparted blue, white, and red with a yellow chief, a white long rifle barrel up outlined in blue diagonally from upper to lower right, all within an 1/8-inch blue border.

Red, white and blue are our national colors. The color Yellow and the red and blue allude to the combat arms: Armor (Cavalry), Artillery, and Infantry. The long rifle is inseparably associated with the early history of Kentucky prior to and after its admission to the Union as the 15th State.

The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved on 30 December 1983.

Kentucky Crest

The military crest of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is used in the Coat of Arms of the units of the Kentucky National Guard. The official blazon authorized by the Institute of Heraldry is, "Within a garland of trumpet vine clasped hands clothed at the wrists all proper."

138th FA BDE

Shoulder sleeve insignia description: A rectangular shield 2 inches in width and 3 inches in height overall divided vertically in half red and yellow and arched at the top and bottom having centered overall a blue horse's head in profile, all within a 1/8-inch red border.

Red and yellow are the colors of Field Artillery. The thoroughbred horse's head refers to the horse racing history of Lexington and is blue alluding to the "Bluegrass State." The horse resembles a knight chess piece and refers to the Field Artillery mission with the ability to strike behind enemy lines.

The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved on 26 June 1979.