U.S. ARMY 169TH ENGINEER BATTALION UNIT CREST (DUI)

Since 1986, the 169th Engineer Battalion has been assigned to U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and stationed at Fort Leonard, Missouri. The 169th Engineer Battalion’s mission is to train military personnel from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard and Department of Defense civilians and Allied service members in order to develop leaders in Combat, General, and Geospatial Engineering skills. Its teams are based at Naval Support Activity Panama City, Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, Gulfport Naval Station in Mississippi, Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, and Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas.

The 169th Engineer Battalion was originally constituted as the 169th Engineer Combat Battalion in the Army of the United States on 25 February 1943 and activated in California on 25 June 1943. Disbanded from 1 May 1944 to 3 August 1944, it was reconstituted under its original name and went on to take part in three campaigns in Italy following activation there in September 1944.

 Following a brief period designated as the 373rd Engineer Combat Battalion (May 1947 to November 1950), it was redesignated as the 169th Engineer Construction Battalion in June 1952 and then as the 169th Engineer Battalion in September 1954. Activated at Camp Stewart, Georgia in November 1954, it would be deployed to Vietnam and take part in an astonishing fifteen of that conflict’s seventeen named campaigns, earning three Meritorious Unit Commendations for service between 1966 and 1968, as well as a Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class. It was inactivated in April 1972 at Oakland Army Base and was reactivated at the same time it was transferred to TRADOC in 1986.
 
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The 169th Engineer Battalion Distinctive Unit Insignia—better known as a “unit crest” or the initialism DUI—was approved on 26 January 1956. Its scarlet and white colors the branch colors of the Corps, and the fleur-de-lis in the red section is flowered; this was suggested by the coat of arms of Florence, Italy, site of the unit’s activation in 1944. The red dovetails are an allusion to a principle of engineering construction, with three points standing for three battle honors earned in Italy during World War II. “Mind And Hand” emphasizes the intellectual and artistic elements of Engineering while highlighting the manpower required to see projects to completion.

Distinctive Unit Insignias are 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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