The 114th Support Group Distinctive Unit Insignia, frequently referred to as a unit crest or DUI for short, was approved on 20 October 1970 for the 114th General Support Group. It was redesignated for the 114th Support Group on 4 April 1972.
Distinctive Unit Insignias is worn by all Soldiers (except General Officers) in units that have been authorized to be issued the device. It is worn centered on the shoulder loops of the Army Green Service Uniform (AGSU) and the blue Army Service Uniform (ASU, Enlisted only) with the base of the insignia toward the outside shoulder seam. DUIs are not worn on the Dress variations of either uniform, however.
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“Superior Support For All,” the unit motto of the 114th Support Group, belies the unit’s four-decade heritage as an Artillery unit, which is commemorated by the five arcs at the top of the insignia that represent five European theater campaigns in which the unit participated in during World War II. The millrind in the center is a heraldic symbol of support derived from the iron plate that supports a millstone. Behind the millrind is Neptune’s trident, a symbol of the “Father of Waters,” the Mississippi River thus recalling the unit’s heritage in the Mississippi National Guard and later Mississippi Army National Guard.
The 114th Support group’s lineage is currently perpetuated by Detachment 1, 184th Sustainment Command, Mississippi Army National Guard. It was originally organized as Battery E, 114th Field Artillery, an element of the 31st Division on 17April 1933. The 114th General Support Group was created by the consolidation of the 5th Howitzer Battalion, descendant of Battery E, and the 427th Ordnance Battalion in February 1968. The unit was redesignated Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 114th Support Group (Area) in 1972, and under that designation would earn a Meritorious Unit Commendation for its service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom between 6 January 2004 and 17 October 2004.