C004931

Round shaped spinner, pewter in color, 2 1/4 inches in diameter.

SIDE 1 - Shield shaped spinner with the 49th Transportation Battalion insignia center, Lieutenant Colonel's oak leaf at top left and Sergeant Major's insignia of rank at top right; all surrounded by a wide band, orange above with the words, "49th TRANSPORTATION BATTALION" and black below with the words, "AWARDED FOR EXCELLENCE."

Unit Insignia Description - A shield spinner with, center, a red compass card in perspective and a buff colored truck above; below the shield, a scroll inscribed "WE NEVER STOP."

Journal - Page 113 - Line 5 Coin Number 214 49th Transportation Battalion (Movement Control)

From a 4th Sustainment Brigade News Relese dated 15 April 2015:

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Myron Bell and Command Sgt. Maj. Juan Diaz de Leon, the command team of the 49th Movement Control Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, cased their unit guide-on during a ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 15, 2015. 49th Movement Control Battalion relinquished authority of operations to the 419th Movement Control Battalion, U.S. Army Reserves- Bartonville, Ill., after they completed their nine-month mission in Afghanistan and Kuwait.