The Distinctive Unit Insignia of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 6th Cavalry Brigade was approved on 21 February 1975 at the same time that the brigade was formed by reconstituting the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Armored Group, which had been disbanded almost a quarter of a century earlier in 1952. 6th Armored Group had, in its turn, been established through the reorganization and redesignation of the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 6th Tank Group in February 1944; 6th Tank Group was constituted and activated in April 1942 at Camp Bowie, in Texas.
At the time of its inactivation in June 2005, the 6th Cavalry Brigade was headquartered at Camp Humphreys in Korea. Concurrent with its inactivation, the Brigade was reflagged as the 2nd Multifunctional Aviation Brigade, later to be redesignated as a Combat Aviation Brigade and assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division. The unit cased its colors with five campaign streamers from World War II, all in the European Theater: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe.
The 6th Cavalry Brigade Distinctive Unit Insignia (unit crest) features a shield superimposed over a pentagon. A white six-pointed star in the middle of the shield is both a symbol of achievement and a reference to the Brigade’s numerical designation, while a bucking horse is an emblem of the origins of Army Cavalry. The pentagon’s five sides represent the five World War II campaigns in which the Brigade fought during World War II.
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Distinctive Unit Insignias (DUIs) 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 (Enlisted only) with the base of the insignia toward the outside shoulder seam.
For Enlisted personnel, the insignia is centered on a shoulder loop by placing it an equal distance from the outside shoulder seam to the outside edge of the shoulder-loop button. Officers (except Generals) wearing grade insignia on the shoulder loops center the DUI by placing it an equal distance between the inside edge of the grade insignia and the outside edge of the button.
Full 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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