The 354th Transportation Battalion was originally constituted in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 116th Port Battalion in the Transportation Corp in late December 1944 and was activated on 24 January 1945 at Fort Kamehameha in Hawii. After officially taking part in the Ryukyus campaign, the Battalion was inactivated on 10 February 1946, but was redesignated about a year-and-a-half later as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 354th Transportation Port Battalion and allotted to what was then called the Organized Reserves, which in 1952 was transformed into the Army Reserve.
The Battalion would be ordered into active military service on several occasions over the coming decades, including in 1961, 1970, and 2004; for the last call-up it was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. It was released from active military service on that tour in 2006 and returned to Reserve status. It does not to appear to have been active since around 2010; we encourage anyone with info on the unit's history since 2010 to please email so we may add any pertinent information to this Web page.
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Also known as a unit crest or DUI, 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.
Full guidance on wear of the DUI is found in DA Pamphlet 670-1,
Section 21-22, "Distinctive unit insignia."The 354 Transportation Battalion’s unit crest (officically called a Distinctive Unit Insignia, or DUI) features a brick-red wheel with four spokes arrange in the shape of a saltire; mounted about the hub are five wavy lines alternating in blue and white, and atop the waves is an Okinawan sail that extends vertically from the bottom of the wheel to its top. On the viewer’s left of the said is the word “HONOR,” and on the right is “SERVICE.”