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 (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.
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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VIGUEUR DE DESSUS, the unit motto which appears on the 730th Support Battalion Distinctive Unit Insignia (aka DUI or “unit crest), is a French phrase that translates into English as “Strength From On High” or “Strength From Above.”
The Institute of Heraldry does not have an entry describing the origin, symbolism, or background of this insignia. But the records it has regarding the motto—a unique but optional component of any unit crest—imply that this insignia was originally designated for the 730th Ordnance Battalion and subsequently redesignated at least two more times, once for the 730th Maintenance Battalion and again for the 730th Support Battalion. Some non-governmental sources also list this insignia as the 730th Quartermaster Battalion Distinctive Unit Insignia.
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