The 518th Infantry Regiment is an Infantry regiment in the Army Reserve. The regiment was constituted 15 July 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 518th Parachute Infantry and assigned to the 108th Airborne Division.
Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1959 as the 518th Regiment, an element of the 108th Division, with headquarters at Charlotte, North Carolina
Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 108th Division
Reorganized 1 October 1994 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 108th Division
Reorganized 13 January 1995 to consist of the 1st and 3d Battalions, elements of the 108th Division
Reorganized 16 November 1996 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 108th Division
Activated on or prior to March 2003 B co, 3-518, to train BCT recruits at Fort Jackson, SC. Attached at that time to the Black Lions for the purpose of that training.
Distinctive unit insignia
Description
A Silver color metal and enamel device in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Per chevron Argent and Azure, in chief a palmetto and a long leaf pine of the second, in base a hornet Volant of the first. Attached below and to the sides of the shield is a Silver scroll inscribed "VIRTUS FIDES HONOR" in Blue letters.
Symbolism
The colors blue and white are used for Infantry. The palmetto and pine tree represent South Carolina and North Carolina, the home area of the Regiment. The hornet is used in allusion to Charlotte, North Carolina, the unit’s headquarters; Lord Cornwallis having referred to it during the Revolution as a hornet’s nest." The motto translates to "Courage, Faith, Honor."
Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 518th Infantry Regiment on 19 January 1956. It was redesignated for the 518th Regiment on 23 May 1960.
Coat of arms
Blazon
Shield
Per chevron Argent and Azure, in chief a palmetto and a long leaf pine of the second, in base a hornet Volant of the first.
Crest
That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors Argent and Azure, the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker, stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts. Motto VIRTUS, FIDES, HONOR.
Symbolism
Shield
The colors blue and white are used for Infantry. The palmetto and pine tree represent South Carolina and North Carolina, the home area of the Regiment. The hornet is used in allusion to Charlotte, North Carolina, the unit’s headquarters; Lord Cornwallis having referred to it during the Revolution as a hornet’s nest."
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 518th Infantry Regiment on 19 January 1956. It was redesignated for the 518th Regiment on 23 May 1960.
