U.S. ARMY 32ND INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM UNIT CREST (DUI)

The 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Unit Distinctive Unit Insignia, often called a DUI or a unit crest, was approved on 8 October 1876, only to be cancelled on 1 April 1998. The insignia was reinstated over five years later, with the description updated, on 1 September. Full guidance on wear of the DUI is found in DA Pamphlet 670-1, Section 21-22, "Distinctive unit insignia" and and 21–3(e), “Garrison cap, Army green, male and female.”

The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 8 October 1976. It was cancelled on 1 April 1998. The insignia was reinstated with an updated description and an effective date of 1 September 2003.

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.

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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Formed mostly with soldiers from the Michigan and Wisconsin National Guards, the 32nd had previously gained military experience along the Mexican border from 1916-17 before convening that July at Fort MacArthur (Texas) for training. It joined the front lines early in 1918. It was the first U.S. division to cut through the Hindenburg Line, and its unrelenting advances in the face of enemy fire led the French to nickname its troops "Les Terribles." Indeed, the French—who had fought longer and with more casualties by far than any other Allied force—so respected the 32nd that it became the lone National Guard unit to be honored with the French Croix de Guerre with Palm.

Throughout the fighting in Europe during the Great War, the 32nd certainly lived up to its motto, “Forward,” featured on the brigade’s Distinctive Unit Insignia. It features a fleur-de-lis commemorating the four World War I campaigns in which the unit fought, while the five rays of the Philippine sunrise represent four World War II campaigns int the Asiatic-Pacific Theater plus the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation it was awarded. The blue fields pay homage to being honored with two U.S. Presidential Unit Citations, and the two bayonets are emblematic of the brigade’s Infantry designation.

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