U.S. ARMY 63RD READINESS DIVISION UNIT CREST (DUI)

Also known as a unit crest or DUI, a Distinctive Unit Insignia 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. Current regulations do not permit the DUI to be worn on the Dress variations of either uniform, however.

Enlisted personnel wear the insignia 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.

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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It is somewhat ironic that the elements of the design of the 63rd Readiness Division unit crest—officially known as a Distinctive Unit Insignia, or DUI—reflect the history of the 63rd Infantry Division (ID): while the former is authorized to wear the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia and Distinctive Insignia of the latter, it did not inherit the lineage or history of the 63rd ID, nicknamed “Blood and Fire.”

The silver chevron in the middle of the insignia simulates a spearhead, and is thus indicative of the aggressive determination displayed by the 63rd Infantry Division as it crossed seven European rivers—Saar, Rhine, Neckar, Jagst, Kocker, Rems, and Danube—during its World War II combat service (the blue wavy bands in the chevron represent the rivers). Another accomplishment of the 63rd Infantry Division, the breaching of the Siegfried Line, is symbolized by the two black merlons of the embattled area surmounted by the yellow (golden) sword, with the scarlet drop at its tip taken from the 63rd Infantry Division Shoulder Sleeve Insignia.

The 63rd Readiness Division Distinctive Unit Insignia, also called a unit crest or a DUI, was first approved for the 63rd Army Reserve Command on 8 May 1970. It was then reassigned (not redesignated) and authorized with an effective date of 16 April 1996 for the U.S. Army 63rd Regional Support Command. It was redesignated for the U.S. Army Regional Readiness Command, effective 16 July 2003, and then for the 63rd Regional Support Command with an effective date of 17 September 2008. It is unclear as to the precise date for which it was authorized for the 63rd Readiness Division.

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