U.S. ARMY 203RD AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY REGIMENT UNIT CREST (DUI)

The 203rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia, also called a unit crest or DUI, was approved with an effective date of 1 September 1995, the same date that the Headquarters Company, 1343d Engineer Battalion was converted and redesignated as the Regiment’s Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion. It red shield signifies its affiliation with the Artillery branch, while the winged shell and shellbursts denote previous Antiaircraft missions. “Duty Well Done” is the Regimental motto.

Distinctive Unit Insignias are 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.

More guidance on wear of the DUI is found in DA Pamphlet 670-1, Section 21-22, "Distinctive unit insignia" and 21–3(d) and (e), "Beret" and "Garrison Cap," respectively.

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The 203rd Air Defense Regiment was constituted in the Alabama Army National Guard as the 203rd Artillery, a parent regiment in the Combat Arms Regimental System comprising four two Howitzer Battalions (1st and 2nd) and two Automatic Weapons Battalions (3rd and 4th), with its 1st Battalion designated as an element of the 31st Infantry Division.

It was organized on 2 May 2 1959, with the 104th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion being redesignated as the Regiment’s 1st Howitzer Battalion; the 1320th Engineer Battalion becoming the 2nd Howitzer Battalion; the 258th Antiaircraft Artillery Weapons Battalion redesignated as the 3rd Automatic Weapons Battalion; and the 363th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion as the 4th Automatic Weapons Battalion.

In 1995, the 203rd Air Defense Artillery was selected to be the home of the National Guard’s first Patriot Missile Battery (see the 1343d Engineer Battalion above). The 203rd was redesignated as the 203rd Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Regiment on 1 October 2005, and less than two years later the HQ Battery, 203rd ADA Regiment was converted and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 203rd Military Police Battalion on 1 September 2007.

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U.S. ARMY 203RD AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY REGIMENT UNIT CREST (DUI)