The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia-Military Operations in Hostile Conditions insignia (SSI-MOHC) worn by Army personnel serving at the Joint Force Headquarters of the Wyoming National Guard was originally approved on 25 February 1953. It was redesignated for HQ, Wyoming Army National Guard on 30 December 1983, some fourteen months after the state had redesignated the organization’s Distinctive Unit Insignia (unit crest). It was given its current name reflecting the National Guard’s emphasis on Joint operations with an effective date of 1 October 2003.
Blue and gold are colors associated with France, and their use here alludes to the fact that the territory eventually designated as the state of Wyoming was part of the Louisiana Purchase. Like many Western states, Wyoming’s frontier history is replete with cowboys and settlers on horse-drawn wagons (the mascot of the University of Wyoming is a cowboy on a bucking bronco), and the image of a speeding horse and rider has become a well-known symbol of the state.
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