Montana Army National Guard

Worn from:
18 April 1968 - 1 February 1989.

Re-designated:
163rd Armored Brigade.

Worn from: 1 February 1989 - Current.

Yellow is the color used for cavalry, and the green diagonal
band represents the hills of Montana, the home state of the unit.
The buffalo skull symbolizes Montana's Old West heritage.

Campaigns:
Philippine Insurrection
(Manila, Malolos),

World War I,

World War II
(Papua, New Guinea, [with arrowhead],
Luzon, Southern Philippines [with arrowhead]).

Decorations:

Presidential Unit Citation Army
(streamer embroidered Papua),

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
(streamer embroidered 17 October 1944 - 4 July 1945).