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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This Distinctive Unit Insignia for the U.S. Army Dental Health Activity, Fort Riley was approved for wear on 3 January 2017. Before receiving the Dental Health Activity (DHA) designation, personnel engaged in Dental work at Fort Riley wore a different insignia designated for the
U.S. Army Dental Activity, Fort Riley. It was cancelled on 30 September 2016.
PERFECTUM DENTALIS SALUTEM, the organization’s motto, is Latin for “Complete Dental Health Care.” Maroon and white (silver) used in the insignia to reflect the unit’s status as part of the Dental Corps, as well to allude to the silver implements used by the Army’s Dental professionals to provide excellent care.
But it is the image of a Western Meadowlark and a Sunflower that are the focal points of this insignia, pointing to the unit’s home state of Kansas: the Meadowlark is the state bird and the Sunflower is the state flower (Kansas is nicknamed the “Sunflower State”).
The Dental Health Activity at Fort Riley comprises four Dental clinics: Whitside, Custer Hill, First Division, and Oral Surgery.