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. DUIs are not worn on the Dress variations of either uniform, however.
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Reorganized as the 81st Regional Support Command in 1995, the 121st Army Reserve Command was activated in the 1960s and was headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama with an Area of Command that included its home state, Mississippi, and Tennessee at the time its Distinctive Unit Insignia, or unit crest, was approved on 22 October 1970. The blue saltire is taken from the state flag of Mississippi; the red saltire from the Alabama state flag; and the disc with three stars from the flag of Tennessee. The Command’s high level of preparedness was reflected in the motto of “Ready For Service.”
In 1992, the Army announced that the 121st Army Reserve Command would be affiliated with U.S. Army Reserve Forces Schools in two other states in the region, Florida and Georgia. But before the insignia and/or its symbolism and description could be amended to reflect these additions, the 1995 restructuring of the Army Reserve led to the reorganization and redesignation of the 121st Army Reserve Command into the 81st Regional Support Command.
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