U.S. ARMY CORRECTIONS COMMAND UNIT CREST (DUI)

On 1 October 2007, the United States Army activated the Army Corrections Command, providing Military Police Confinement Specialists with a single source of specialized training  and guidance. The new command replaced the ad hoc system that placed Soldiers serving in the challenging field of Confinement Specialist under large commands such as Training & Doctrine, U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), U.S. Army Europe, and U.S. Army Korea.

Army Corrections Command is a Field Operating Agency established under the Officer of the Provost Marshal General that has command and control and operational oversight of the Army Corrections System, while simultaneously providing support for it. In all, the Command manages six regional correctional facilities, two overseas (German and Korea) and four in CONUS (Forts Leavenworth, Lewis, Knox, and Sill).

The Army Corrections Command Distinctive Unit Insignia consists of a golden hexagon inside a green circle, with the scales of justice in the center to emphasize the importance of fairly enforcing the law. A hexagon chosen to symbolize the six correctional facilities under the new Command’s oversight. The key in the center of the scales is the type used in a double-sided lock, and it stands for the dual responsibilities of Administration and Operation of those six facilities. “VANGUARDS OF JUSTICE,” the Command’s mottos, is inscribed on a black scroll that matches the shading of the scales of justice.

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.