[4] 1st Battalion, 252nd Armor deployed back to Baghdad, Iraq on 18 April 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 9.

The device is supported by a tri-segmented gold scroll inscribed "READY" "POISED" "DECISIVE" in black letters.

The pierced green mullets (simulating spur rowels) surmounting a gold fleur-de-lis represent service in Europe during World War II.

The red embattled arrowhead simulates the spirit of the unit and is symbolic of the motto "Ready, Poised and Decisive".

The red and green together refer to the decorations of the French Croix-de-Guerre and the Belgian Fourragere awarded to elements of the Regiment.