The United States Army Missile And Munitions Center And School Distinctive Unit Insignia, commonly referred to as a “unit crest” or a DUI, was originally approved on 27 September 1954 for the U.S. Army Ordnance Guided Missile School. It was redesignated for the U.S. Army Missile and Munitions Center and School on 18 February 1966. In 2011, the School was merged into the U.S. Army Ordnance School and the insignia became obsolete.
The U.S. Army Missile and Munitions Center and School was originally founded at Huntsville, Alabama as the Ordnance Guided Missile School to provide missile technicians to maintain and deploy the new guided missile systems being developed at nearby Redstone Arsenal, becoming the Missile and Munitions Center and School in 1966 and the Ordnance Missile and Munitions Center and School in 1988. Besides Army personnel, the Center and School provided training for the United States Marine Corps and the military of Allied nations such as the United Kingdom, Italy, West Germany (prior to the reunification of Germany in 1990), Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates
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A crimson shield and yellow charges (lam, bomb, lightning flashes, scroll) reflect the branch colors of the Ordnance Corps. In the center of the shield, a missile with an exhaust trail embodies the mission of the Center and the School to train both Officers and Enlisted personnel in the supply, maintenance, and use of guided missile systems. Two lightning flashes denote electronic impulses and refer to the guidance of missiles as well as the school’s task of guiding its students in their use. A lamp on the viewer’s left is a traditional heraldic symbol of knowledge and understanding, reinforcing the organization’s educational aspects; a bomb on the right is a symbol associated with the Army’s Ordnance Corps. SCIENTIA AD JUSTITIAM, the organization’s motto, is Latin for “Knowledge For Righteousness.”