Although I have often been a harsh critic of the Institute of Heraldry, you’ve got to hand it to them for the design of the arms of the 397 Regiment, which I really love: http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryUnit.aspx?u=7826 .

Thanks for posting this!

With humble respect, I do have a less enthusiastic reaction to these arms.

I guess I am not a fan of the per fess dancette of three points azure and sable as it is not striking enough with the color scheme and it also clashes with the bars wavy argent.

Given the attempted allusions, my fix for this would be:

Azure on a fess wavy Argent voided Sable three mullets Argent.

I think these are great!