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31 Service Battalion, formerly 21 (Windsor) Service Battalion, 22 (London) Service Battalion, 23 (Hamilton) Service Battalion and elements of Area Support Unit London, is a Combat Service Support unit of The Canadian Army Reserve. It is currently commanded by Major Harding. The current Honorary Lieutenant Colonel is Kevin D Reed. The Hamilton Service Battalion was formed on 1 January 1965. The new battalion was made up of four units, 133 Company Royal Canadian Army Service Corps(RCASC), 16 Medical Company Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps(RCAMC), 5 Technical Regiment Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers (RCEME), 4 Ordnance Company Royal Canadian Ordinance Corps(RCOC), a platoon of Military Police and members of the Canadian Women Army Corps. The unit became part of the Hamilton Militia District. In 1975 all service battalions were numbered and the Hamilton Service Battalion became 23(Hamilton) Service Battalion. In 1976 the Medial Company became an independent unit known as 23 Medical Company, Canadian Forces Medical Services. With the closing of the Militia Districts and the formation of the Brigade system, 23 Service Battalion became part of 31 Brigade Group headquartered in London, Ontario. On 3 November 2001, 23 Service Battalion was granted Freedom of the City of Hamilton by Mayor Bob Wade. Over the years members of the battalion have served with NATO on Reforger Exercises in West Germany and in Norway, and with distinction on peacekeeping missions with the United Nations, NATO and multi-national forces, in Egypt, Cyprus, Golan Heights, Namibia, Cambodia, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda and Afghanistan. Unit Members have also served on domestic operations during the Olympic Games in Canada, the blizzard of 1977 in the Niagara region, the Manitoba floods of 1997 and the ice storms of 1998 in eastern Ontario. == Unit flag and badge == 23 Service Battalion badge received royal consent when Her Majesty the Queen placed her handwritten approval to the design in May 1982 .All Service Battalions in Canada share a common design which consists of a red oval ring with the wording SERVICE BATTALION BATAILLON DES SERVICES and the unit number on the left and right sides. The oval is topped by Her Majesty’s Crown and surrounded by ten gold maple leaves. Below a gold scroll in which the units motto is placed. The centre is unique to each unit. The description a vessel pouring into a golden horseshoe that contains 3 blue and 3 white wavy bars. The significance of the items in the badge allude to the following. The pouring vessel represents the steel industry which Hamilton is noted for. The golden horseshoe is the geographic region that Hamilton is in the centre of and the wavy blue and white bars refer to Hamilton’s land locked harbour. 23 Service Battalion flag is symbolic of our heritage it is rectangular in shape consisting of a blue, yellow and red bands placed horizontally in side the flag with the numerals 23 in white superimposed and centred in the middle. The top blue band a reminder of our Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineer heritage. The middle yellow band was the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps colour. The lower red band symbolizes our Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps past. Members of 23 Service Battalion wear the cap badge of the branch that their trade falls in. Most either wear the Logistics or the Electrical Mechanical Engineer badge. The Logistics badge has two interlocking chain links centred on it this symbolizes strength in the support provided to the Canadian Forces by the Logistics Branch, Surrounding the interlocking chain links is written SERVITIUM NULLI SECUNDUS Latin for 'service second to none'. The Electrical Mechanical Engineer badge is a variant of the former Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineer badge. This badge consists of white horse on a lighting flash with a crown on top a blue scroll below the crown with EME GEM written on it. A globe attached by a chain with the western hemisphere showing. The Electrical Mechanical Engineer motto is ARTE ET MARTE Latin for 'by skill and by fighting'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「31 (London, Windsor, Hamilton) Service Battalion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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