The 111th Sustainment Brigade Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the 726th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion in the New Mexico National Guard (NMNG) on 9 April 1953. It was then redesignated for the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB) and the non-color bearing (NCB) units of the 111th Artillery Brigade, also in the NMNG, on 30 October 1970. In February 1973, it was redesignated for HHB and NCB units of the 111th Air Defense Artillery Brigade of the NMNG, which wore the unit crest for 35 years until it was again redesignated, this time for the 111th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. Lastly, it was redesignated for the 111th Sustainment Brigade on 1 September 2016.
The centerpiece of the 111th Sustainment Brigade Distinctive Unit Insignia is the Avanyu, a device used by Pueblo Indians in New Mexico as a symbol of prosperity and happiness; it is also an emblem of a “whirling sun” or “lightning in air,” an appropriate allusion to the air-defense mission of the Brigade’s former designation. It is taken from the shield of the coat of arms of the 200th Artillery (formerly 200th Infantry). The red and yellow border also recalls the unit’s former designation as Artillery. “Miras Arriba,” the Brigade's motto, translates into English as “Keep Your Goal High.”
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