COAT OF ARMS SHIELD: Vert, issuing from base a dexter forearm or grasping a wyvern's head erased gules fimbriated of the second. CREST: On a wreath of the colors, or and vert, a tower of three merlons of the second, bearing crosswise four arrowheads of the first, all in front of a triangle of the like charged in base with three barrulets gules. MOTTO: Duty, Justice, and Honor. SYMBOLISM: Green and yellow are the colors used for the Military Police Corps. The hand represents the power and strength of the battalion in uprooting evil, symbolized by the wyvern. The four arrowheads commemorate the assault landings of the organization in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations during World War II, while the medieval tower is indicative of the unit's service in Europe. The three horizontal red bars from the national flag of the Republic of Vietnam on a triangle alluding to the mountainous terrain of the II and III Corps tactical zones in Vietnam, refer to the service in that country. DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA: The distinctive insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms. "DUTY, JUSTICE AND HONOR"