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.
In the center of the shield, a fleur-de-lis representing service in France during World War II is superimposed over a fret, which is a combination of a two bendlets (narrow diagonal lines) placed in saltire (“x” shape) with a mascle (a diamond-shaped lozenge with no internal fill color) interlocking with the two bendlets to symbolize security.
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The Distinctive Unit Insignia of the 384th Military Police Battalion was approved on 19 October 1953 and was amended to revise the description on 4 January 1991. It is crafted exclusively in green and yellow, branch colors of the Army’s Military Police Corps, and features the unit motto, “Equality And Justice,” on a yellow scroll attached to a green escutcheon (shield).
An Army Reserve unit headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana when not called up for activity military service, the 384th Military Police Battalion is assigned to the 300th Military Police Brigade, 200th Military Police Command. It has been called into active service on at least two occasions since the launch of the War on Terrorism, first from 2003-2004 when it served at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and then from October 2012 to July 2013 when it was deployed to Afghanistan to assist in operations at the only theater-level detention facility in the country. It was tapped for a Meritorious Unit Commendation in September 2013 for the second of those tours for its excellence performance in ensuring the safety and humane care and custody of nearly 5,000 detainees.