U.S. ARMY WESTERN HEMISPHERE INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY COOPERATION UNIT CREST (DUI)

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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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The Distinctive Unit Insignia of the U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation was originally approved on 16 November 2000, with an amendment to the description quickly added on 4 December 2000. The shield portion of the insignia is cast in a medium-blue background—the color traditionally used by organizations within the Department of Defense—with the landmass of the Western hemisphere rendered in white and a Maltese Cross placed in the shield’s upper-right corner. By including all of North, Central, and South America, the insignia highlights the organization’s mission to provide training and education to personnel from all nations in the hemisphere.

A Maltese Cross, the symbol used as an insignia by Columbus during his voyages that led to his discovery of the Americas, is taken from the insignia used by the organization’s immediate predecessor, the United States Army School of the Americas. LIBERTAD PAZ Y FFATERNIDAD, the Institute’s motto, is Latin for “Liberty, Peace, and Brotherhood” (a strict translation yields “Fraternity” in place of “Brotherhood”). It refers to the basic principle behind the founding of the Institute, namely, to build a brotherhood of nations that mutually agree to work together for peace and prosperity while simultaneously defending them from entities with opposing goals.

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