18th Infantry Unit Crest (In Omnia Paratus)

18th Infantry Unit Crest (In Omnia Paratus)

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Originally constituted on 3 May 1861 as the 1st Bat-talion, 18th Infantry in the Regular Army, the 18th Infantry Regiment has a Regimental Distinctive Insignia replete with imagery that pays tribute to all the major conflicts the unit fought in up until it was approved on 27 December 1923.

The saltire (i.e., X shape) represents the 18th’s Civil War service, much of it fought in the war’s Western theater. The crossed arrows symbolize action in the Indian Wars between 1867 and 1882, while the whited-out VIII Corps emblem on the left reflect deployment as the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division of that Corps during the Spanish-America War. Opposite the VIII Corps symbol is a bolo, connoting combat in the Philippine Insurrection. In the chief, the bend is taken from the arms of Lorraine, France and is between two fleur-de-lis, representative of the two French Croix de Guerre with Palm the Regiment was awarded during the First World War; the regiment was honored with two more Croix de Guerre with Palm in World War II.

“In Omnia Paratus,” the Regiment’s motto, is Latin for “In all things prepared.”