Shoulder sleeve insignia A shoulder sleeve insignia (often abbreviated SSI) is an embroidered patch worn on some uniforms of the United States Army. It is used by major formations of the U.S. Army; each formation has a unique formation patch. The U.S. Army is unique amon ...

(SSI) are cloth emblems worn on the shoulders of US Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a soldier is assigned. The SSI of some army divisions have become known in popular culture.Distinctive Unit Insignia, Coat of Arms, Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

Airborne/infantry

Note: several insignia are of World War II formations. Note: US infantry divisions were not formed under the following numbers:"53"; "54"; "56"; "57"; "58"; "60"; "64";"67";"68".http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/abdcomp.html Component Elements of Airborne Divisions
File:Combat service identification badge of the 1st Infantry Division.svg, 1st Infantry Division"Big Red One" File:2nd-infantry-division-united-states-army-shoulder-indian-army.png, 2nd Infantry Division"Indianhead" File:3rd Infantry Division CSIB.png, 3rd Infantry Division"Marne Division" File:4th Infantry Division CSIB2.svg, 4th Infantry Division"Ivy Division" File:US 5th Infantry Division.svg, 5th Infantry Division"Red Diamond" File:6th Infantry Division.svg,

6th Infantry Division 6th Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 6th Division (Australia) * 6th Division (Austria) *6th (United Kingdom) Division * Finnish 6th Division (Winter War) *Finnish 6th Division (Continuation War) * 6th Division (Reichswehr) * 6th Divisi ...

"Sightseeing Sixth" File:USA - 6 ABN DIV.svg,

6th Airborne Division The 6th Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War. Despite its name, the 6th was actually the second of two airborne divisions raised by the British Army during the war, the other being t ...

Operation Vendetta "phantom" unit File:7th Infantry Division CSIB.jpg, 7th Infantry Division"Bayonet" File:8th Infantry Division patch.svg, 8th Infantry Division"Pathfinder" File:9th Infantry Division patch.svg, 9th Infantry Division"Old Reliables" File:USA - 9 ABN DIV.svg, 9th Airborne Division Fourteenth Army "phantom" unit File:WWI10D.svg, 10th Division
(Regular Army/National Guard unit of 1918–19) File:10th Mountain Division CSIB.jpg, 10th Mountain Division"Climb to Glory" Division Formerly "10th Light Division (Alpine)" orld War IIbr/>10th Infantry DivisionJune 1948 - June 1958 File:WWI11D.svg, 11th Infantry Division
"Lafayette Div"
(Regular Army/National Guard 1918–19; distinct from National Guard 11th Division) File:11th Airborne Division Insignia 2022.png, 11th Airborne Division"Angels" File:US 11th Infantry Division.svg, 11th Infantry Division Fourteenth Army "phantom" unit File:12th US Army division Insignia.svg, 12th Infantry Division
1917–19
"Plymouth Division" File:12th Infantry Division SSI.svg, 12th Infantry Division
"1921-1945
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Philippine Division Philippine Division, or from 1946–1947 the 12th Infantry Division, was the core U.S. infantry division of the United States Army's Philippine Department during World War II. On 31 July 1941, the division consisted of 10,473 troops, mostly enl ...

" File:13th US Army Division Insignia World War I.jpg, 13th Division
1918-19
"Lucky 13th" File:USA - 13 ABN DIV.svg, 13th Airborne Division"Unicorn" Division File:WWI14D.JPG, 14th Division
(Regular Army/National Guard WWI—distinct from National Guard 14th Division) File:WWI14DNG.png, 14th Division
(National Guard WWI—distinct from Regular Army 14th Division) File:WWI17D.png, 17th Infantry Division Fourteenth Army "phantom" unit File:USA - 17 ABN DIV.svg, 17th Airborne Division"Golden Talons" Division File:WWI18D.JPG, 18th Division
(Regular army/National Guard WWI—distinct from National Guard 18th Division) File:18 ABN DIV SSI.jpg, 18th Airborne Division"phantom" unit File:21st Airborne Division SSI.svg, 21st Airborne Division Fourteenth Army "phantom" unit File:22nd Inf Div SSI.jpg, 22nd Infantry Division"phantom" unit (Used in Middle East) File:Americal patch.svg, 23rd Infantry Division"Americal" File:24 Infantry Division SSI.svg, 24th Infantry Division"Victory Division" File:25th Infantry Division CSIB.svg, 25th Infantry Division"Tropic Lightning" File:Yankee Division.svg, 26th Infantry Division"Yankee" File:27th Infantry Division SSI.svg, 27th Infantry Division"New York" Division File:28th Infantry Division CSIB.png, 28th Infantry Division"Keystone" File:29th Infantry Division SSI.svg, 29th Infantry Division"Blue and Gray" File:30th Infantry Division SSI.svg, 30th Infantry Division"Old Hickory" Division File:31st ID SSI.svg, 31st Infantry Division"Dixie Division" File:32nd infantry division shoulder patch.svg, 32nd Infantry Division"Red Arrow" File:33rd Infantry Division SSI.svg, 33rd Infantry Division"Prairie" File:34th 'Red Bull' Infantry Division SSI.svg, 34th Infantry Division"Red Bull" File:35th Infantry Division SSI.svg, 35th Infantry Division"Santa Fe" File:36th Infantry Division CSIB.svg, 36th Infantry Division"Arrowhead" File:37th Infantry Division CSIB.svg, 37th Infantry Division"Buckeye" File:38th Infantry Division SSI.svg, 38th Infantry Division"Cyclone" File:US 39th Infantry Division.svg, 39th Infantry Division "Delta Division" File:40th Infantry Division CSIB.svg, 40th Infantry Division"Sunshine Division" File:41st Infantry Division SSI.svg, 41st Infantry Division"Jungleers" Division File:42nd Infantry Division SSI.svg, 42nd Infantry Division"Rainbow" File:43rd Infantry Division CSIB.svg, 43rd Infantry Division"Winged Victory" Division File:44 INF DIV SSI.svg, 44th Infantry Division"Prepared In All Things Division" File:USA - 45 INF DIV Swastika.svg, 45th Infantry Division1924–1939 File:45th Infantry insignia (thunderbird).svg, 45th Infantry Division"Thunderbird"1939–1953 File:US 46th Infantry Division.svg, 46th Infantry Division Operation Wadham "phantom" unit File:46th Infantry Division CSIB.svg, 46th Infantry Division"Iron Fist" Division1947–1968 File:47th Division Shoulder Patch.svg, 47th Infantry Division"Viking Division" File:48th Infantry Division patch, Ghost Division, WWII Era.JPG, 48th Infantry Division Fourteenth Army "phantom" unit File:48th Division Shoulder Patch.svg, 48th Infantry Division File:49th ID SSI.png, 49th Infantry Division"Argonauts" File:US 50th Infantry Division.svg, 50th Infantry Division "phantom" unit File:51 INF DIV SSI.svg, 51st Infantry Division File:49th Infantry.jpg, 52nd Infantry Division(52nd SSI changed to 49th Division in 1947) File:US 55th Infantry Division SVG.svg, 55th Infantry Division Fourth British Army "phantom" unit File:59 INF DIV SSI.svg, 59th Infantry Division"Rattlesnake"
Fourteenth Army "phantom" unit File:63rd Infantry Division SSI.svg, 63rd Infantry Division"Blood and Fire" File:65th Infantry Division SVG.svg, 65th Infantry Division"Battle-Axe" Division File:66th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia.jpg, 66th Infantry Division File:US 69th Infantry Division.svg, 69th Infantry Division"Fighting Sixty-Ninth" Division File:70th Infantry Division patch.svg, 70th Infantry Division"Trailblazers" File:US 71st Infantry Division.svg, 71st Infantry Division"The Red Circle" Division File:75e Division d'Infanterie (USA).svg, 75th Infantry Division"Make Ready" Division File:76 Inf Div SSI.svg, 76th Infantry Division"Onway/Liberty Bell" Division File:77th Infantry Division.patch.jpg,

77th Infantry Division 77th Division or 75th Infantry Division may refer to: * 77th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), Germany * 77th Infantry Division of Khurasan, Iran * 77th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 77th Division (People's Republic of China) * 77th Division ( ...

"Statue of Liberty" File:78th Infantry Division SSI.svg, 78th Infantry Division"Lightning" File:79th Infantry Division SSI.svg, 79th Infantry Division"Cross of Lorraine" Division File:80th Inf Div SSI SVG.svg, 80th Division"Blue Ridge" Division File:US Army 81st Infantry Division SSI.svg, 81st Infantry Division"Wildcat" File:82nd Airborne Division CSIB.svg,

82nd Airborne Division The 82nd Airborne Division is an Airborne forces, airborne infantry division (military), division of the United States Army specializing in Paratrooper, parachute assault operations into denied areasSof, Eric"82nd Airborne Division" ''Spec Ops ...

"All American" File:83rd Infantry Division SSI.svg, 83rd Infantry Division"Thunderbolt" File:US 84th Infantry Division.svg, 84th Infantry Division"Railsplitters" File:85th Division SSI.svg, 85th Infantry Division"Custer" File:86 Inf Div SSI.jpg, 86th Infantry Division"Blackhawk Division" File:US 87th Infantry Division.svg, 87th Infantry Division"Golden Acorn" File:88th Infantry Division SSI.svg, 88th Infantry Division"Fighting Blue Devils/Clover Leaf Division" File:89th Regional Readiness Command SSI.svg, 89th Infantry Division"Rolling W" Division File:90th Infantry Division.patch.svg,

90th Infantry Division 90th Division may refer to: ;Infantry * 90th Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1949–1950 * 90th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1950–1952 * 90th Light Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 90th Infantry Divi ...

"Tough 'ombres" File:US 91st Infantry Division.svg, 91st Infantry Division"Wild West Division" File:US 92nd Infantry Division SVG.svg, 92nd Infantry Division"Buffalo Soldiers" Division File:US 93rd Infantry Division.svg, 93d Infantry Division"Blue Helmets" Division File:US 94th Infantry Division.png, 94th Infantry Division"Neuf Cats" Division1923–1942; 1956–1967 File:94th Regional Readiness Command SSI.svg, 94th Infantry Division"Neuf Cats" Division1942–1956 File:95TrainingDivSSI SVG.svg, 95th Infantry Division"Iron Men of Metz" File:96th Infantry Division SSI.svg, 96th Infantry Division"The Deadeye Division" File:97THID.svg, 97th Infantry Division"Trident" Division File:98th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia.svg, 98th Infantry Division"Iroquois" File:US 99th Infantry Division.svg,

99th Infantry Division The 99th Infantry Division was formed in 1942 and deployed overseas in 1944. The "Checkerboard" or "Battle Babies" division landed at the French port of Le Havre and proceeded northeast to Belgium. During the heavy fighting in the Battle of the ...

"Checkerboard Division" File:100th Infantry Division SSI.svg, 100th Division"Century" File:US 101st Airborne Division patch.svg,

101st Airborne Division The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") is a light infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations. It can plan, coordinate, and execute multiple battalion-size air assault operati ...

"Screaming Eagles" File:102 INF DIV SSI.svg, 102nd Infantry Division"Ozark" File:US 103rd Infantry Division.svg, 103rd Infantry Division"Cactus Division" File:104TrngDivLdrTrngSSI.svg, 104th Infantry Division"Timberwolf" Division File:106th infantry Division.jpg, 106th Infantry Division"Golden Lions" Division File:108th Infantry.patch.png, 108th Division"Golden Griffins" Division File:US 119th Infantry Division.svg, 119th Infantry Division Operation Wedlock "phantom" unit File:130 INF DIV SSI.jpg, 130th Infantry Division Operation Wedlock "phantom" unit File:135 ABN DIV SSI.jpg, 135th Airborne Division"phantom" unit File:141 INF DIV SSI.jpg, 141st Infantry Division Operation Wedlock "phantom" unit File:157 INF DIV SSI.jpg, 157th Infantry Division Operation Wedlock "phantom" unit

Unnumbered

File:Panama Canal Div. SSI.jpeg,

Panama Canal Division The Panama Canal Division was a unit of the United States Army, established in order to ensure the United States could adequately defend the Canal Zone in Panama. When it was authorized in 1920, similar divisions were organized to defend Hawaii an ...

1921–1932 File:12th Infantry Division SSI.svg,

1921-1942 File:USA - Hawaiian Division.svg,

Hawaiian Division The Hawaiian Division was a division of the United States Army, dedicated to the defense of Hawaii. This division was named rather than numbered, as were the Philippine, Panama Canal and Americal Divisions. It was first activated under the peacet ...

active 1921–41. Basis for 24th and 25th Divisions

Cavalry

File:1st Cavalry Division SSI (full color).svg, 1st Cavalry Division"The First Team" File:US 2nd Cavalry Division.svg, 2nd Cavalry Division File:US 3rd Cavalry Division.svg, 3rd Cavalry Division File:21st cav div.svg, 21st Cavalry Division File:24th cav div.jpg, 24th Cavalry Division File:61stCavDiv.jpg, 61st Cavalry Division File:62nd Cavalry Division Shoulder Sleeve Insignia.png, 62nd Cavalry Division File:US 63rd Cavalry Division.svg, 63rd Cavalry Division File:US 65th Cavalry Division.svg, 65th Cavalry Division File:US 66th Cavalry Division.svg, 66th Cavalry Division

Armored

File:US Army Armored Forces SSI.png, Armored Forces File:United States Army 1st Armored Division CSIB.svg, 1st Armored Division "Old Ironsides"March 1932 – April 1946March 1951 – today File:United States Army 2nd Armored Division CSIB.svg, 2nd Armored Division"Hell On Wheels"July 1940 – Dec 1995 File:3rd US Armored Division SSI.svg, 3rd Armored Division "Spearhead'April 1941 – Nov 1945 July 1947 – Oct 1992 File:4th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 4th Armored Division"Name Enough"April 1941 – 1971 File:5th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 5th Armored Division "Victory"Oct 1941 – Oct 1945 File:6th US Armored Division SSI.svg,

6th Armored Division The 6th Armored Division ("Super Sixth") was an armored division of the United States Army during World War II. It was formed with a cadre from the 2nd Armored Division. History The division was activated on 15 February 1942 at Fort Knox ...

"Super Sixth"Feb 1942 – Sept 1945 File:7th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 7th Armored Division "Lucky Seventh"March 1942 – Oct 1945 File:8th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 8th Armored Division "Iron Snake"April 1942 – Nov 1945 File:9th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 9th Armored Division "Phantom"July 1942 – Oct 1945 File:10th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 10th Armored Division "Tiger"July 1942 – Oct 1945 File:11th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 11th Armored Division "Thunderbolt"Aug 1942 – Aug 1945 File:12th U.S. Armored Division CSIB.svg, 12th Armored Division "Hellcat Division"Sept 1942 – Dec 1945 File:13th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 13th Armored Division "Black Cats"Oct 1942 – Nov 1945 File:14th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 14th Armored Division "Liberators"Nov 1942 – Sept 1945 File:15th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 15th Armored Division
World War II ghost division see

Operation Fortitude Operation Fortitude was the code name for a World War II military deception employed by the Allied nations as part of an overall deception strategy (code named ''Bodyguard'') during the build-up to the 1944 Normandy landings. Fortitude was di ...

File:16th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 16th Armored Division "Lightning Power"July 1943 – Oct 1945 File:19th Armored Division insignia.png, 19th Armored Division File:20th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 20th Armored Division "Armoraiders"March 1943 – April 1946 File:22nd Armor insignia.png, 22nd Armored Division File:25th US Armored Division SSI.png, 25th Armored Division
World War II ghost division of the US 14th Army File:27th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 27th Armored Division "Empire Division"1955–1967 File:30th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 30th Armored Division "Volunteers"1954 – Dec 1973

Tennessee National Guard The Tennessee Military Department is a department within the Executive Branch of Tennessee State Government with four major components. The Tennessee Army National Guard and the Tennessee Air National Guard constitute the National Guard in Tenne ...

File:39th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 39th Armored Division
World War II ghost division see

File:40th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 40th Armored Division "Grizzly Division"July 1954 – 1968

California National Guard The California National Guard is part of the National Guard of the United States, a dual federal-state military reserve force. The CA National Guard has three components: the CA Army National Guard, CA Air National Guard, and CA State Guard. ...

File:48th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 48th Armored Division "Hurricane Division"

Florida National Guard The Florida National Guard is the National Guard force of the state of Florida. It comprises the Florida Army National Guard and the Florida Air National Guard. The United States Constitution charges the National Guard with dual federal and st ...

File:49th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 49th Armored Division "Lone Star"Feb 1946 – 1968Nov 1973 – July 2004

Texas National Guard The Texas Military Forces (TXMF) are the principal instrument through which the Texas Military Department (TMD) executes security policy for Texas, which has the second-largest population and border in the United States, and the 9th-largest eco ...

File:50th US Armored Division SSI.svg, 50th Armored Division "Jersey Blues"July 1946 – Sept 1993

New Jersey National Guard The New Jersey Army National Guard consists of more than 6,000 Citizen-Soldiers. The New Jersey Army National Guard is currently engaged in multiple worldwide and homeland missions. Units have deployed to Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, Germ ...

Sources & references

World War I Insignia

External links