The 229th Field Artillery Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia, better known as a “unit crest” or a DUI, was originally approved for the 229th Field Artillery Battalion on 20 May 1952. It was redesignated for the 229th Artillery Regiment on 14 August 1961 and was given its current designation on 24 July 1972. Red and yellow are the exclusive hues used for this insignia and are the colors traditionally associated with Artillery organizations. A chevron partitioning the insignia denotes support and attack roles for the unit, while the fleur-de-lis inside the chevron is for combat service in France during World War I; the Norman castle references action in Europe during World War II. In particular, the castle is a reference to the assault landing at Normandy on D-Day. “Spirit, Speed, And Stamina” is the unit motto.
The 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. 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 229th Field Artillery Regiment has undergone numerous reorganizations and redesignations since it was originally organized as the 1st Cavalry Regiment in the Pennsylvania National Guard on 6 July 1914. After being twice mustered into Federal service, the Regiment was drafted for Federal service on 5 August 1917, and in November and December the Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as various elements of the 28th Division. While part of the 28th Division, these elements were credited with fighting in six campaigns (Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, Oisne-Aisne, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne 1918, and Lorraine 1918).
Following a couple of reorganizations/redesignations that resulted in the unit being twice designated as a Cavalry Regiment, it was converted and redesignated as the 190th Field Artillery on 23 September 1940 and relieved from assignment to the 22nd Cavalry division. After being inducted into Federal service, the Regiment’s 2nd Battalion was reorganized and redesignated as the 200th Field Artillery Battalion; the rest of the Regiment began a separate lineage at this point. During World War II, the 200th Field Artillery Battalion fought in five campaigns, with its Battery D earning a Presidential Unit Citation, a Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, and a Citation in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army.
The Battalion was reorganized and redesignated as the 229th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 28th Infantry Division. In 1959, it would become the 229th Artillery in the Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS) consisting OF a single Battalion, the 1st Howitzer. In May 1972, it became the 229th Field Artillery, and in 1988 it was withdrawn CARS and reorganized in the U.S. Army Regimental System; in 1995, it was reorganized yet again, but this time to consist of just a single Battery—Battery D—that was as an element of the 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard.