The 314th Support Battalion Distinctive Unit Insignia was approved on 16 February 2007. Its chevrons, which have been heraldic symbols indicating support for centuries, suggest the Battalion’s mission, as well as the home area of the Second United States Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, the organization the Battalion was assigned to when called to active duty.
A pair of crossed swords are an emblem denoting military readiness, as well the ongoing responsibility of the organization to always support the fight for freedom. The bomb placed under the intersection commemorates the unit’s past service in the Ordnance branch. “Sustaining Freedom’s Fight” is the Battalion motto.
Note: This unit may have been inactivated, redesignated, or disbanded. It does not appear on the official U.S. Army Reserve page and it appears in no news articles dated after the summer of 2018.
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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 (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.
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.