A unit in the United States Army reserve, the 414th Regiment was originally constituted in the Organized Reserves on 24 June 1921 as the 414th Infantry and assigned to the 104th Division. During World War II, the Regiment fought with the 104th Division, taking part in three campaigns in the European Theater.
It was reorganized and redesignated in 1959 as the 414th Regiment, an element of the 104th Division, and since that time has undergone eight reorganizations affecting how many Battalion it is assigned to carry out its role as a training organization. As of Autumn 2023, it comprises two Battalions assigned to the 1st Brigade HQ, 104th Training Division, 108th Training Command, U.S. Army Reserve, with one Battalion providing training for members of the Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps (more commonly known as Reserve Officer Training Corps, or ROTC) and another overseeing a Leadership, Development and Assessment Course. Both are Headquartered at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington.
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The 414th Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia, more widely known as a unit crest or a DUI, was originally approved for the 414th Infantry Regiment, Organized Reserves on 7 January 1931. It was redesignated for the 414th Regiment, Army Reserve on 5 August 1960 and was subsequently amended to fix the punctuation in the motto and revised the symbolism on 3 April 1970. A blue shield recalls the organization’s service as an Infantry unit. A yellow dancette partition suggests the mountainous terrain of the state of Idaho, the region from which personnel in the regiment were first drawn. The wavy part of the partition is an allusion to the Snake River which flows through the southern and western aeras of the State. SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM, the unit motto, is Latin for “If You Wish Peace, Prepare For War.”
Also known as a unit crest or DUI, a Distinctive Unit Insignia is worn by all Soldiers (except General Officers) in units that have been authorized to be issued the device. Enlisted personnel wear the insignia centered on a shoulder loop by placing it an equal distance from the outside shoulder seam to the outside edge of the shoulder-loop button. Officers (except Generals) wearing grade insignia on the shoulder loops center the DUI by placing it an equal distance between the inside edge of the grade insignia and the outside edge of the button.