260th Quartermaster Battalion (Petroleum Support)
"The Nectar for Victory"
The 260th Quartermaster Battalion deploys and provides DS/GS storage, distribution, and quality surveillance of bulk petroleum products in a CORPS area.
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved on 6 July 1967. It was amended on 26 Feb 1993 to include metric measurements in the description and revise the symbolism. The Distinctive Unit Insignia consists of two gold keys saltirewise with wards up, behind a black wheel with six wavy spokes, above the motto and wheel a blue semi-circle, in base an area of red, all above a gold scroll inscribed "THE NECTAR FOR VICTORY" in black.
The coat of arms was approved on 26 Feb 1993. Shield: Per fess Azure and Gules (brick red), two keys saltirewise wards up and out Or surmounted by a bezant charged with a wheel with six wavy spokes Sable, hub Yellow. Blue is a color traditionally associated with the Quartermaster Corps. Brick red, representative of the Transportation Corps, alludes to the unit's transportation capability. The crossed keys symbolize Quartermaster units as the keeper of supplies. The black wheel with wavy spokes refers to the continuous supply of bulk petroleum. The two (2) keys, the six (6) spokes of the wheel and circle (0) of the hub, further allude to the numerical designation of the unit.
The 260th Quartermaster Battalion was constituted 19 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 260th Quartermaster Service Battalion. Activated 29 January 1943 at Camp Swift, Texas. Reorganized and redesignated 8 February 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 260th Quartermaster Battalion; Companies A, B, C, and D as the 4054th, 4055th, 4056th and 4057th Quartermaster Service Companies, respectively - hereafter separate lineages. Inactivated 23 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Redesignated 13 October 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 260th Quartermaster Battalion, and allocated to the Regular Army. Activated 4 January 1967 at Fort Lee, Virginia. Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1977 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 260th Quartermaster Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 16 January 1981 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 260th Quartermaster Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1982 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 260th Quartermaster Battalion.
