The 87th Army Reserve Support Command Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI) was first approved while the unit was designated the 87th Maneuver Area Command on 28 September 1971. At the top of the insignia is an acorn, a reference to the 87th Infantry Division’s nickname of “Golden Acorn Division” because of its Shoulder Sleeve Insignia; an acorn was chosen for the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia because it represents the strength of the oak tree.
The two lions holding spears, each tipped with a fleur-de-lis, commemorates the 87th Infantry Division’s service in the European Theater during World War I. Three green oak leaves allude to three World War II campaigns in which the unit took part. “Ready To Serve” denotes the Support role the unit assumed after its transition to a Maneuver Area Command.
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.
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.
Originally constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 87th Division, the 87th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command (East) spent the first seventy-six years of its service as an Infantry unit. Arriving in France in September 1918, it was turned over to the American Service of Supply and became a replacement division, earning an uninscribed World War I streamer. During World War II, it was redesignated as HQ, 87th Infantry Division in December 1942 before being deployed to Europe in 1944; it took part in three campaigns (Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe) before returning stateside and subsequent inactivation in September 1945.
Though activated between 1947 and 1957, it did not see combat during that time and was inactivated on 15 February 1957 and the 87th Maneuver Area Command was activated in its place. It retained this designation until 1 October 1993, it was redesignated as HQ, 87th Division (Exercise), the first of several designations it would carry as a training unit for Army Reserve personnel In 199, it became HQ, 87th Division (Training Support); from 2007 to 2015 it was designated as the 87th Army Reserve Support Command. On 13 September 2015, the “Golden Acorn” Division was inactivated as part of a restructuring of Army and Army Reserve Support and Training units, but on 22 September 2021 the 87th Training Division was reactivated under the 84th Training Command.
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