The U.S. Army Transportation Center and School Distinctive Unit Insignia, also called a DUI or unit crest, was approved on 13 March 1958. In the shield portion of the insignia are four charges (images) on a red field: an anchor (shipping), locomotives tracks (rail), wheel (truck), and wing (air) to represent the four modes of transportation employed by the Army and taught at the Transportation. School and Center. PER SCIENTIAM PROGREDIMUR is the organization’s motto and translates into English as “Through Learning We Progress.”
Surprisingly, the U.S. Army Transportation Corps was not established until 31 July 1942 when President Franklin Roosevelt created it through an Executive Order. It was originally headquartered at Fort Eustis, Virginia, but in 2010 was relocated to Fort Lee (renamed Fort Gregg-Adams in 2023). Along with the Quartermaster Corps and Ordnance Corps, it comprises the Logistics Corps, which contains the officers-only Logistics Branch. It is the second largest branch in the Army.
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Also known as unit crests, 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. 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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