U.S. ARMY 257TH SUPPORT BATTALION UNIT CREST (DUI)

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.

The Distinctive Unit Insignia of the 257th Support Battalion was originally approved for he 126th Field Artillery Regiment on 7 June 1973. On 1 September 2008 it was redesignated for the 257th Support Battalion. Its yellow and scarlet shield is used to denote the Regiment’s conversion from Cavalry to Field Artillery during World War I, and the two countercharged chevronels represent the two chevrons for a year’s overseas service. The ringed head in the upper left is the taken from the Light Horse Squadron, the oldest unit in the Battalion’s lineage. “Follow Me” is a term common in Cavalry tactics, again pointing to the unit’s origins in that branch.

Yellow (Or) for the Cavalry service, is impaled with the scarlet for the Regiment's conversion into Field Artillery during World War I. The two chevronels represent the two chevrons of a year's overseas service. The ringed horse's head device is that of the Light Horse Squadron, organized in Milwaukee in 1880, in which the Regiment had its origin. The motto “Follow me” is the keynote of modern cavalry tactics.

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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The 257th Support Battalion’s lineage goes back through a history of service in both the Field Artillery and Cavalry branches to the constitution of the Light Horse Squadron in the Wisconsin National Guard on 25 March 1880. Though mustered into Federal service in 1916, the unit did earn credit for participation in any official military campaign until its World War service. It was drafted on 5 August 1817 , reorganized and redesignated as the 120th Field Artillery, and assigned to the 32nd Infantry division. It fought in five campaigns, with its outstanding service resulting in award of the French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star and embroidered with two of the campaign names, AISNE-MARNE and OISE-AISNE.

Redesignated as the 105th Cavalry in 1921 and assigned to the 23rd Cavalry Division, the unit would remain in the mounted branch until 1 October 1940, when it was relieved from the 23rd Cavalry Division and converted and redesignated as the 126th Field Artillery; it would be redesignated as the 126th Field Artillery battalion in 1943. As an element of the 32nd Infantry Division, the 126th FA Battalion would earn credit for participation in three campaigns in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, along with a Presidential Unit Citation and a Philippine Presidential Uit Citation. Company A, 1st Battalion of the 257th Support Battalion is credited with four additional Asiatic-Pacific campaigns and a Presidential Unit Citation, while Company B is credited with four additional campaigns from the European Theater.

The Battalion’s units would not see combat again until the launch of the War on Terrorism, with precise campaign credits yet to be determined (although the Battalion’s HQ Company is credited with the Iraqi Governance campaign). During that time, the 126th Field Artillery Battalion would be redesignated and reorganized as the 126th Artillery (1959), 126th Field Artillery (1972), 126th Field Artillery Regiment (2006), and finally as the 257th Support Battalion (2008).

Although the 257th Support Battalion was later redesignated as the 257th Brigade Support Battalion in 2008, it does not appear that this insignia was approved for its designation and it instead wore the insignia of its parent company, the 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. Following the inactivation of the 257th Brigade Support Battalion in June 2019, the unit's lineage was transferred to the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s 1st Squadron, 105th Cavalry (1-105 CAV), whose current namesake stems from the original 105th Cavalry, which existed from 1921 to 1937 and eventually became the 257th Support Battalion.
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