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. 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" and 21–3(d) and (e),
"Beret" and
"Garrison Cap," respectively.
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The design of the 60th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia, commonly known as a unit crest or a DUI, was approved on 11 March 1935 and pays homage to the unit's origins and achievements on the field of battle. A cannon on the canton reflects the fact that the Regiment was organized with troops from the 7th Infantry, and its participation in World War I as part of the 5th Division is denoted by the red lozenge from that Division's shoulder sleeve insignia. Red, white, and black represent engagements against German forces, and the wavy pale represents the crossing of the Meuse River near Dun in November 1918. “To The Utmost Extent Of Our Power” was adopted as the unit motto at the same time the unit crest was approved.
The 60th Infantry Regiment was constituted in the Regular Army on 15 May 1917 and organized 10 June 1917 at Gettysburg National Park in Pennsylvania. Assigned to the 5th Division, the Regiment took part in four World War I campaigns and also served in the Army of Occupation before returning to the U.S. on 21 July 1919.
Inactivated in September 1921, the Regiment was assigned to the 9th Division (later known as the 9th Infantry Division) on 1 August 1940 and activated nine days later. Following the U.S. entry into the war, the Regiment went on to earn eight World War II campaign streamers, one (Algeria-French Morocco) adorned with an Arrowhead device for taking part in the assault landing. Additionally, the Regiment’s extraordinary courage and drive were honored with three Presidential Unit Citations, a French Croix de Guerre with Palm, a Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm, a Belgian Fourragere, and a citation in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army. It was inactivated in Germany between November and December 1946.
In December 1957, the Regiment was relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division and was reorganized as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (it would be withdrawn from that system and reorganized under the U.S. Army Regimental System in 1986). During the Vietnam War, the 60th Infantry fought in eleven of the seventeen total campaigns and was the recipient of two more Presidential Unit Citations and a pair of Valorous Unit Awards.
Though mobilized on several occasions and some of its units were deployed for peacekeeping purposes, Vietnam marked the end of combat action for the 60th Infantry Regiment. Since 1996, the Regiment has been assigned to the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, and both its 2nd and 3rd Battalions are assigned to the 193rd Infantry Brigade at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, where they conduct Basic Combat Training of new recruits.