U.S. ARMY 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION UNIT CREST (DUI)

The 36th Infantry Division Distinctive Unit Insignia consists of an olive-drab letter “T” on light-blue flint arrowhead. Light-blue was selected because it is the Infantry’s branch color; an arrowhead represents the State of Oklahoma, which was once Indian Territory and the source of personnel when the unit was formed; and the T stands for the unit’s home state of Texas. Its design led to the Division’s nickname of “Arrowhead,” but that is not the only moniker the unit is known by: it has also been referred to as the “Panther Division,” “Lone Star Division,” “Texas Army,” and even “T-Patchers.”

This insignia was approved on 18 February 2005 with a retroactive effective date of 1 May 2004, and with approval came the cancellation of a design which was originally approved for the Division’s predecessor unit, the 71st Airborne Brigade on 3 April 1972.
 

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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.

More 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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