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.
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Approved on 22 September 1997, the Distinctive Unit Insignia of the 10th Military Police Battalion reflects the unit’s affiliation with Airborne organizations since its 1973 activation at Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty) through the image of a parachute canopy behind scales of justice, as well as the unit motto “Justice From Above.”
A mailed red fist connotes the authority, power, and intent to uphold the rule of law, while the blue in the canopy and the encircling scroll is another reference to the Battalion’s Airborne association. In the center of the insignia s a green “X,” called a saltire in heraldry; the color is one of the two Military Police colors (the second is found in the scales of gold, which is also the heraldic color of excellence). The saltire’s shape evokes the Roman numeral for ten, the Battalion’s numerical designation.