8th TSC Creates Living Insignia

HI, UNITED STATES

06.06.2018

Video by Pfc. Geordan Tyquiengco 

8th Theater Sustainment Command

More than 800 members of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command came together on June 6 to be photographed as part of a "living insignia," or human re-creation of the subdued patch worn by those in the unit, celebrating it’s 50th birthday this year.
The coming together of various units under the command was not only a unique esprit de corps event, it was also to educate others about the significant contributions and sacrifices Americans made during WWI.
The U.S. Army’s 100-year involvement in WWI was a catalyst to the Army becoming the world’s most lethal, adaptive, and competent land force in history.
During World War I, these military formations came to serve as rallying points to support American involvement in the war and to ward off isolationist tendencies. Known as Living Insignia, portraits or photos, some formations took tens of thousands of service members and installation support staff to create.
The 8th TSC’s version took months of planning and needed to adhere the busy operational tempo of the unit. The formation included personnel from the 130th Engineer Brigade and the 8th Military Police Brigade - the only engineer and military police brigade supporting the 9,000 mile-wide Indo-Pacific region. Other organizations included the 8th Special Troops Battalion and the 175th Financial Management Support Center.
With the support of Technical Engineers from the 130th Engineer Brigade Technical Headquarters Section and S7, the plan accounted for the right coverage from 33 feet above the formation and spanned 2,000 square feet. This is the first such formation in the unit’s history and offered a unique training opportunity for the surveyors under the project technical lead, Spc. Destiny Meyers.

• Date Taken: 06.06.2018
• Date Posted: 06.07.2018 23:23
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 605887
• VIRIN: 180606-A-NB832-001
• Filename: DOD_105716959
• Length: 00:01:49
• Location: HI, US