U.S. ARMY 200TH REGIMENT UNIT CREST (DUI)

Commonly called a unit crest or referred to as a DUI for short, the Distinctive Unit Insignia of the 200th Regiment was originally approved on 10 September 1951 for the 200th Infantry Regiment. It was redesignated for the 200th Regiment on 10 March 1997, but was mistakenly redesignated for the 200th Infantry Regiment on 1 June 2006. It was redesignated with revised symbolism back to the 200th Regiment on 17 August 2006.

The shield portion of the insignia is divided into a gold chief charged with a red Polynesian war club on which a gold pheon has been placed and a lower portion in national flag blue holding a silver saltire, also called a cross of St. Andrew. The saltire stands for the Confederate battle flag and alludes to the Regiment’s predecessor units honorable battle record in the War Between the States; national flag blue is often used for Infantry units. The war club is akin to a weapon used in New Guinea, where the Regiment earned an Arrowhead device for taking part in an assault landing during World War II (this is suggested by the pheon, or arrow-shaped device). CREDE ET VINCE is the unit motto and is Latin for “Believe And Conquer.”

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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Since 1997, the 200th Regiment has been the unit that operates and manages the Regional Training Institute (RTI) of the Alabama Army National Guard. Like all RTIs, the 200th Regiment RTI has an Officer Candidate School, Noncommissioned Officer Education System courses, and advanced courses for Military Police and Engineer Career Fields.

The 200th Regiment’s lineage dates back to May 1846 and the organization of the 1st Regiment Alabama Volunteers, which were mustered briefly into Federal service between May and June 1846. They were reorganized as independent militia companies between 1846 and 1860, but with the outbreak of the War Between the States, they were reorganized and redesignated as the 3rd Alabama Infantry and mustered into Confederate service on 26 April 1861. That regiment would go on to fight in nine campaigns, surrendering with Robert E. Lee as part of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865.

By the time it was drafted into Federal service after the U.S. declared war on Germany, the Regiment was designated as the 1st Infantry Regiment, Alabama National Guard. Drafted on 5 August 1917, the Regiment was redesignated as the 123rd Infantry Regiment. Assigned to the 31st Division, it was awarded an uninscribed World War I streamer for serving as the source for replacement troops for front-line units. It would remain assigned to the 31st Division during World War II and fight in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, earning two campaign streamers and an Arrowhead device (see above) and the Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Mobile) was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation embroidered “Pacific Theater” in 1945. It marked the last time the Regiment would see combat before inactivation in 1960 and its transition to an education role in 1997.
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