U.S. ARMY 360TH REGIMENT UNIT CREST (DUI)

The 360th Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia, also called a DUI or unit crest, features a blue bend charged with a star and a monogram of the letters “OT, with a bear rampant in the upper right and a tree surrounded with barbed wire at the base of its trunk. A bear was carried as a mascot during the Regiment’s time in Europe during World War I, while the tree commemorates the Regiment’s capture of Bois-le-Petre on 13 September 1918, the organization’s most outstanding battlefield achievement of the war. This insignia as first approved for the 350th Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserves on 7 June 1926. In January 1962, it was redesignated for the 360th Regiment, U.S. Army Reserve.

A white star recalls the unit’s origins in the Lone Star State of Texas. “OT” i represents Texas, the Lone Star State, where the regiment was organized. The "OT" monogram is taken from the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the 90th Division that the Regiment served with during World War I. Officially, it stands for “Tough Ombres,” the Division’s official special designation, but informally it is said to stand for “Texas’ Own.” TOUJOUR FID’ELE, the unit motto, is French for “Always Faithful.”

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 360th Regiment was originally constituted in the National Army as the 30th Infantry and assigned to the 90th Division on 5 August 1917. As part of the Division’s 180th Brigade, the Battalion fought in three campaigns during World War I and was subsequently demobilized in June 1919. Reconstituted in the Organized Reserve in June 1921, the unit was given the same designation and assigned to the same parent unit as it had previously been. In February 1942, the Battalion was relieved from its assignment to the 90th Division and simultaneously withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Army of the United States—but as an inactive unit.

The Battalion was disbanded on 11 November 1944, only to be reconstituted on 27 March 1959 in the Army Reserve as the 360th Regiment; when it was activated on 1 May 1959, it was as an element of the 91st Training Division headquartered at Sacramento, California. For the next forty years, all of the Regiment’s Battalion was elements were organized as elements of the 91st Training Division, but in 1999 1st Battalion was allotted to the Regular Army. In 2007, the Regiment was reorganized as a parent Regiment in the United States Army Regimental System and all three of its Battalion relieved from assignment to the 91st Division.

Over the decades spent as a Training organization, the Regiment’s 1st Battalion has been recognized for its outstanding performance with three Army Superior Unit Awards, while the 2nd and 3rd Battalions have each been tapped for the ASUA twice between 2003 and 2011. As of Autumn 2023, the Regiment’s 2nd Battalion and 3rd Battalions (2-360 and 3-360) are both assigned to units of the United States First Army. 2-360 is stationed at Camp Parks, Dublin in California and provides Training Support as part of the 120th Multifunctional Training Brigade, while 3-360, based in Salt Lake City, is also providing Training Support as part of the 189th Combined Arms Training Brigade.

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U.S. ARMY 360TH REGIMENT UNIT CREST (DUI)