Posted on 04/01/2019 7:27:41 AM PDT by PROCON
Army National Guard recruiting materials will no longer feature the traditional armed Minute Man logo, opting for a more sedate branding. (Photos: National Guard Bureau)
Gone is the traditional flintlock rifle and armed citizen soldier, a move one publication chalked up in part to “no tolerance” policies on the display of images of firearms in schools.
The familiar National Guard Seal and Emblem has long featured a likeness of the famous Concord Minute Man statue in Concord, Massachusetts. The statue, first unveiled in 1875 by sculptor Daniel Chester French, symbolizes the local militia that stood to in an effort to halt the British Army’s 1775 seizure of arms and powder that sparked the Revolutionary War. The man, a farmer rather than a soldier, is holding a flintlock in his right hand while his left hand is still resting on a plow. The National Guard holds that its history predates the country, stemming from the Massachusetts Bay Colonial Militia which was founded in 1636.
The previous design, last approved by the Army in 1989, was used as far back as the 1950s in similar forms. However, it was recently phased out for most applications in favor of a new “brand identity” for all 54 States, Territories and the District of Columbia. The new logo, a gold star on a black background that simply says “Army National Guard,” was adopted according to the branch to more closely tie the service to the U.S. Army in the public’s mind in recruiting materials.
“Research shows that the public, and even active duty service members, are often unsure of the Army National Guard’s relationship to the U.S. Army,” said Lt. Col. Stephen Warren, branch chief of marketing for the National Guard Bureau’s Strength Maintenance Division. “The rebrand makes it clear that the Army National Guard is part of the Army.”
According to Small Wars Journal, a Bethesda, Maryland-based organ of the non-profit Small Wars Foundation, which analyses modern military conflict, the move stems from a “failure of the American Public Education system,” due to poor knowledge of the original symbol’s meaning.
“Furthermore, due to ‘no tolerance’ policies concerning the display of images of firearms in schools, the traditional Minuteman logo could not be displayed due to inclusion of an 18th-century flintlock rifle,” said Franklin C. Annis for SWJ. “Now the National Guard will be represented by a lackluster shield-shaped black logo with white and gold lettering.”
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Because soon our own army will have a new mission:
ARMS CONFISCATION.
They’re laying the prep-work.
I’m surprised the new logo didn’t show the National Guardsperson handing out free stuff to migrants.
The new logo looks boring. At least the Minute Man was distinctive.
Turning men into weenies one way or the other.
Sure hope this is a joke.
I can see why the old logo is very bad for today. I mean guns!! Very bad.
I think a better logo would be something to fit the New Green Deal, such as a soldier walking behind a horse drawn plow with his sergeant supervisor waving a red hammer & cycle flag.
What’s next-—the Minuteman statue in the center of Lexington,MA?
Utter madness.
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Since the beginning of the War on Terror, the Army National Guard has had units deployed with the Active Army so the comment about not understanding the relationship of one to the other makes no sense.
I sure hope this is and April Fools joke..if not it should be
Capt Isaac Davis, first American officer killed in the Revolutionary War. Concord bridge. April 19, 1775.
Snowflakes have infiltrated the Guard. I wonder what they’ll do with New York state’s Rainbow division, the Forty-second.
full blown communist have infiltrated the US Armed forces. Seen it first hand on the base JBLM
its the mean — man part that is bad!
If it was an image of Molly Pitcher or Mad Anne Bailey then gun good!
Yes Molly Pitcher had a pitcher of water but later she traded up for a cannon!
mean = man!
I really wish you could edit posts!
It Better Be A Joke!!!
I'm sick of liberal BS ruining MY Nation!
“Yes Molly Pitcher had a pitcher of water but later she traded up for a cannon!”
There’s something very Freudian about that...
This is a positive as it clearly separates the Guard from being the Militia. The idea of the Guard not being the militia or Minute Men reinforces the 2nd Amendment.
The old logo portrays a citizen soldier. The new one does not...
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