U.S. ARMY 72ND FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE UNIT CREST (DUI)

On 1 December 2006, the 72nd Field Artillery Brigade was reactivated as a subordinate unit in First Army Division East, ending a fourteen-year inactivation period that stretched back to 1992, As a training Brigade stationed at Fort Dix (Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst after October 2009) the unit was responsible for enabling, planning, and coordinating training for Army Reserve, Army National Guard, and other U.S. military units to be always "On Time, On Target."

Since the Brigade assumed its training mission, its work was honored with two Army Superior Unit Awards. The first came in 2014 for service rendered between 1 December 2006 and 31 August 2007, the second in 2017 for a three-plus-year deployment from 1 June 2008 to 20 September 2011. The Brigade was integral to First Army's mobilization mission and during its tenure at the joint base it provided mobilization/demobilization support for more than 2300 units and close to 200,000 personnel from all armed services.
On 1 July 2015, the 72nd Field Artillery Brigade deactivated in a ceremony held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst's Sharp Field and its Soldiers were transitioned into the 174th Combined Arms Training Brigade.

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The 72nd Field Artillery Brigade Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI), or unit crest, was approved on 16 August 1968 while the unit was still the 72nd Artillery Group and has been appropriately redesignated since then. Scarlet and yellow are the predominant colors here because they are Field Artillery colors. Ramrods and cannon denote the mission of Field Artillery, and the trio of gunstones and flames are a reference to the three campaign streamers earned in World War I and World War II.

Distinctive Unit Insignias are 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 (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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