The 30th Signal Battalion Distinctive Unit Insignia, commonly called a “unit crest” or DUI for short, features a shield divided diagonally with a dovetailed line into an orange section and a white (silver) section, the colors of the Signal Corps. A gridlined globe with a series of nine telegraph poles at the equator symbolizes both the ability to communicate worldwide and the unit’s ability and willingness to carryout its mission in any location. FORITER ET STRUE roughly translate into English as “Boldly And Strenuously.”
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. DUIs are not worn on the Dress variations of either uniform, however.
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Headquartered at Wheeler Army Airfield, the 30th Signal Battalion is one of four Signal Battalions in the 516th Signal Brigade supporting the Army Pacific Theater in Hawaii, as well as Alaska, Guam, Kwajalein, and Japan. Self-billed as the “Voice of Hawaii,” the Battalion provides C4IM services to 22 Army installations and four joint bases, serving a total of over 40,000 customers.
Originally constituted as the 20t Signal Construction Battalion on 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States, the Battalion was reorganized and redesignated as the 30th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion on 14 June 1944; it was under this designation that the unit took part in four European Theater campaigns during World War II and was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation.