Lineage and Honors

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Lineage and Honors

206th ENGINEER BATTALION
Constituted 14 September 1985 in the Kentucky Army National Guard as the 206th Engineer Battalion and assigned to the 35th Infantry Division

Organized 1 November 1985 from new and existing units with Headquarters at Richmond

HOME AREA: Eastern Kentucky

Campaign Participation Credit

Company B (Carlisle) entitled to:

World War II - EAME
Sicily (with arrowhead) Normandy
Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe

Company C (Jackson) entitled to:

World War II - AP
New Guinea
Leyte
Luzon

Decorations

Company B (Carlisle) entitled to:

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY Belgian Fourragere 1940

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy Company C (Jackson) entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

Flag

Shoulder sleeve insignia (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.

Distinctive Unit Insignia (Crest)

The rifle and powder horn represent the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the Kentucky Army National Guard. The rifle also refers to accuracy and military preparedness. The bridge refers to the engineer's mission and capabilities to overcome all obstacles. The cogwheel refers to mobility, mechanization, and technical expertise of the modern engineer battalion. Thirteen teeth on the wheel recall the original thirteen states of the Union and the principles and ideals that the Battalion upholds and are prepared to defend.

MOTTO: "PER EXCELLENTIAM LIBERTAS" (Liberty Through Excellence).

Design approved: 26 September 1988.