10th Coast Artillery ( United States ) The 10th Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery regiment in the United States Army . Lineage . Constituted 27 February 1924 as 10th Artillery ( HD ) Coast Artillery , and organized 1 July 1924 at Fort Adams from the following Companies - 173rd , 52nd , 97th , 102nd , 110th , 129th , 147th , and 174th . ( and 7th CA Band ) . Only HHB activated . 10th Coast Artillery reassigned to Camp Forrest , TN . 14 March 1944 , and inactivated 10 April 1944 . Unit broken up as follows ( note - according to Sawicki the Automatic Weapons battalion was converted to a Missile Battalion on 5 December 1956 ( Nike ) , and inactivated 1 September 1958 at Fairchild Airforce Base ) A Gold color and metal enamel device 1 inch ( 2 . 54 cm ) in height overall blazoned : On a wreath Or and Gules , a triton torque drawing a bow and arrow aimed bendwise Or , above a sea wave Vert ( Transparent Sea Green ) in front of a Latin cross couped Azure . The blue cross indicates the Civil War service of Battery B , 5th Coast Artillery ( Now Battery E , 10th Coast Artillery ) . It served in the 3rd Division , 6th Army Corps during this conflict . The triton with bow and arrow symbolizes danger rising from the sea , against which the Coast Artillery in its forts must guard . The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 10th Coast Artillery Regiment on 27 February 1926 . It was redesignated for the 10th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion on 13 June 1952 . Gules , four cannons saltirewise base to base Or above an anchor paleways Azure fimbriated Argent ; augmented of a canton per bend sinister , paly of fifteen of the field and of the fourth , base of the second . On a wreath Or and Gules , a triton torque drawing a bow and arrow aimed bendwise Or , above a sea wave Vert ( Transparent Sea Green ) in front of a Latin cross couped Azure . Motto VAILLANT ET VEILLANT ( Valiant and Vigilant ) . The red of the shield signifies Artillery ; the blue anchor is taken from the coat of arms of the old Coast Defenses of Narragansett Bay ; the four cannons form the Roman numeral ten . Battery D , 10th Coast Artillery claims parentage from Batter C , 2nd Coast Artillery ( formerly 14th Company , Coast Artillery Corps ) . The latter has no coat of arms but the addition of a canton is made to indicate this parentage , but divided since one battery can claim this parentage . Battery C , 2nd Coast Artillery was part of the garrison of Fort McHenry and commanded by Captain Frederic Evans during its bombardment , 13 September 1814 , and this event is taken from the coat of arms of the 2nd Coast Artillery and depicted in the fifteen stripes in the canton . The blue cross indicates the Civil War service of Battery B , 5th Coast Artillery ( Now Battery E , 10th Coast Artillery ) . It served in the 3rd Division , 6th Army Corps during this conflict . The triton with bow and arrow symbolizes danger rising from the sea , against which the Coast Artillery in its forts must guard . Coat of arms . Background . The coat of arms was originally approved for the 10th Coast Artillery on 27 February 1926 . It was redesignated for the 10th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion on 13 June 1952 . Campaign streamers . none Decorations . none