Originally constituted as the 1266th Engineer Combat Battalion in February 1944, the 467th Engineer Battalion would be redesignated twice—as the 467th Engineer Combat Battalion in 1948 and as the 467th Engineer Aviation Battalion in 1949—before being given its current designation. It was while serving under its original designation that it earned a World War II campaign streamer for service in Central Europe. After becoming the 467th Engineer Battalion, the unit was inactivated for more than a dozen years.
Activated in Memphis in 1971, it was relocated in 2004 to Millington, Tennessee and ordered into active military service, earning a Meritorious Unit Commendation for its service in Iraq in 2005. Its organic elements were inactivated on 16 September 2008 while its Support Company was concurrently constituted and activated.
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The 467th Engineer Battalion Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI), or unit crest, was approved on 13 November 1972. It features two dominant images on its shield: a Bowie knife and a castle tower. Camp Bowie, Texas was the site of the Battalion’s activation back in 1944, and the castle tower or turret is an allusion to the Battalion’s service in Central Europe during World War II (and of course towers are constantly used in Engineer heraldry to denote construction as well). Scarlet and white are the colors of the Corps of Engineers, and the phrase “Can Do Will Do” is the Battalion motto, evincing both zeal for service and confidence in success.
Distinctive Unit Insignias 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 (ASU, 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.
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.