U.S. ARMY 156TH ARMOR REGIMENT UNIT CREST (DUI)

Yellow is the official color for the Armor branch, but green held that role until 1951 and continued to be used in the design of Armor heraldry and insignia after the switch to yellow. Both colors are featured prominently in the 156th Armor Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia that was approved on 24 February 1978. In its center is a column of rectangular yellow bars that simulate the tread tracks of an armored vehicle; superimposed over it is a black triangle with a gold fleur-de-lis representing Louisiana, the unit’s home state until its inactivation on 1 September 2006. “First To Fight” was the Regimental motto.

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.

More 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 156th Armor Regiment’s lineage extends nearly to the start of the Civil War with the organization of the 2nd and 3rd Louisiana Volunteer Infantry Regiments respectively on 9 and 17 May, 1861. By the time it was mustered into service for the War With Spain, these units had been evolved into the 1st Louisiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which became the 1st Infantry Regiment when it was next mustered again for Mexican Border duty and then the 1st World War. After being drafted into Federal service, the Regiment was redesignated as the 156th Infantry and assigned to the 39th Division, which became the 5th Depot Division and provided replacement troops for front-line units.

Following World War I, the Regiment was reorganized and Federalized as an element of the 31st Infantry division, but during World War II the Regiment was broken up and the 2nd Battalion used to form the 204th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Regiment. It became three separate battalions, one of which was the 244th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion, which was reorganized following the war into the 199th Infantry Battalion. In 1959, the 199th Infantry Battalion was consolidated with the 156th Infantry, with the newly created unit keeping the 156th Infantry designation and comprising three battle groups that were elements of the 39th Infantry Division.

A reorganization in 1963 assigned four battalions to the 156th Infantry that were reassigned to the 256th Infantry Brigade, with the 1st Battalion being designated as the 1st Infantry Battalion. In March 1977, it was reorganized as the 1st Battalion, 156th Armor, a designation it would retain until its permanent inactivation in 2006. Before its colors were cased, however, the 1st Battalion was deployed to Iraq in 2004, and five years later—three years after inactivation—it was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation for its service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom between 2 October 2004 and 16 September 2005.

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