A pair of gold crossed lightning flashes on the flash and oval of the 35th Signal Brigade recalls its Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, or unit patch, and its two crossed lightning flashes, an image that represents the speed at which modern electronic communications are conducted. Additionally, the diamond on the flash and oval is blue like the lion used on the unit patch, a nod to the unit’s onetime Airborne status (the color of the sky, which is an Airborne unit’s theater of operation). It is interesting that neither the flash or oval contain any white elements, considering that white is the secondary branch color of the Signal Corps.
Organizational flashes are worn by both Officers and Enlisted personnel centered on the maroon, tan, green, and brown berets (all other personnel wear the black beret with the standard Department of the Army blue flash). Officers wear non-subdued insignia of grade centered on the flash, while NCOs and Soldiers wear their Distinctive Unit Insignia (unit crest) or Regimental Distinctive Insignia.
Officially called background trimming, ovals are worn by beneath authorized Air Assault or Parachutist badges on the Personnel wear the background trimming beneath any of the authorized parachutist or air assault worn on the coats of AGSU and the blue Army Service/Dress uniform, service uniform shirts, and the Army maternity tunic. Badges are centered on the oval but the star or wreath-and-star on the Senior and Master Parachutist badges will necessarily project slightly above the oval.
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