U.S. ARMY 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION ARTILLERY UNIT CREST (DUI)

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. 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 29th Infantry Division Artillery Distinctive Unit Insignia was first approved on 15 May 1969 for the 224th Artillery Group. It was subsequently redesignated for the 224th Field Artillery Group on 19 May 1972, then for the 224th Field Artillery Brigade (but with revised symbolism) on 23 June 1978. It was revised one last time for the 29th Infantry Division Artillery, again with revised symbolism, on 22 January 1991.

A series of black roundels stacked in the center of the insignia are referred to as “grapeshot” and denote the parent organization’s Field Artillery mission. Behind it is a gray stone wall with a glen in front of it, a reference to the famous Thomas Jonathan Jackson, a one-time professor of Artillery at the Virginia Military Institute before the outbreak of the Civil War.

Jackson of course fought for the Confederacy, whose capital of Richmond was very near to Glen Allen, the original home of the unit and referenced with the green glen. Jackson was dubbed “Stonewall” during the Battle of Bull Run when Confederate General Barnard Bee, seeking to rally his troops, pointed to Jackson and his Brigade withstanding a withering Union attack and said, “There stands Jackson like a stone wall! Rally behind the Virginians!” No one is sure of the exact verbiage Bee used, or even if his reference to a “stone wall” was a compliment or an insult (as in “look at that useless Jackson just standing there like a stone wall!"), but with the victory the proclamation was taken as praise and the Confederacy had a much-needed hero with the unforgettable nickname “Stonewall.”

Besides referring to the organization’s readiness, the unit motto of “We Stand Ready” is also a reference to the stand of grapeshot in the middle of the insignia.

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