80th Training Regiment (United States)

80th Regiment (Training)

Coat of arms
Active 1917–19
1921–46
1947 – present
Country United States
Branch U.S. Army
Type Training
Part of 80th Division(Institutional Training)
Headquarters Norfolk, Virginia
Motto(s) "Nunc Ut Olim (Now As Before)
Branch color Scarlet
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 80th Training unit was constituted August 5, 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 155th Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 80th Division. The unit was organized September 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia.

Heraldic items

Coat of arms

Blazon

  1. That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Symbolism

  1. Scarlet is the color of Artillery.
  2. The fleur-de-lis represents service in France in World War I.
  3. The martial aspect of the organization is symbolized by the diagonal division of the shield, representing the heraldic bend, which anciently denoted the scarf of a military commander.

Background

  1. The coat of arms was originally approved for 905th Field Artillery Battalion, Organized Reserve on February 26, 1943.
  2. It was redesignated for the 80th Regiment, Army Reserve on August 16, 1960.
  3. It was amended to correct the motto on June 19, 1968.

Distinctive unit insignia

  1. A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/16 inches (2.70 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Per bend Or and Gules a fleur-de-lis in bend counterchanged.
  2. Attached below the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “NUNC UT OLIM” in Black letters.
  1. Scarlet is the color of Artillery.
  2. The fleur-de-lis represents service in France in World War I.
  3. The martial aspect of the organization is symbolized by the diagonal division of the shield, representing the heraldic bend, which anciently denoted the scarf of a military commander.
  4. The motto translates to “Now As Before” and is appropriate to the expectation of a continuance of the past record.
  1. The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for 905th Field Artillery Battalion, Organized Reserve on February 26, 1943.
  2. It was redesignated for the 80th Regiment, Army Reserve on August 16, 1960. It was amended to correct the motto on June 19, 1968.

Lineage

Honors

Campaign participation credit

  1. Meuse-Argonne
  1. Northern France;
  2. Rhineland;
  3. Ardennes-Alsace,
  4. Central Europe.
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