U.S. ARMY 18TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT UNIT CREST (DUI)

The 18th Field Artillery Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia, also called a unit crest or a DUI, was originally approved while the unit carried that same designation on 2 October 1923. It underwent several amendments and redesignations as the unit’s title changed. Its blue background and white diagonal stripes are adapted from the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the 3rd Division, the unit to which it was assigned in World War I. The bend and bendlets are taken from the coat of arms of Champagne, in honor of its French Croix de Guerre with Gilt star it won in fighting near the town. Its canton pays homage to the 5th Field Artillery, with the fishhook and star taken from that organization’s coat of arms; the fishhook simulates the Union line at the Battle of Gettysburg, while the badge of Major General Henry Slocum’s XII Corps was a star.

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 (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.

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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Since it was originally constituted in the Regular Army as Battery A, 18th Field Artillery, the Regiment has undergone a sizable number of redesignations/reorganizations, activations/inactivations, and reassignments to different commanding units. In 1959 the unit was designated as the 18th Artillery, a parent regiment in the Combat Arms Regimental System; in 1988 it was withdrawn from CARS and designated the 18th Field Artillery Regiment in the U.S. Army Regimental System.

The Regiment’s battle honors include five campaign streamers and a French Croix de Guerre with Gilt star from World War I; a half-dozen campaign credits in World War II and a Presidential Unit Citation for the Battle of the Bulge; thirteen campaigns during the Vietnam War and a Presidential Unit Citation (for 3rd Battalion at Pleiku Province). In the mid-1990s, the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion (HHB) received an Army Superior Unit Award (for service between April and October 1997), and during the War on Terrorism the 2nd Battalion (the only active Battalion remaining in the Regiment) received a Valorous Unit Award and a Meritorious Unit Commendation, both issued in 2009 for service in 2003.

As of Autumn 2023, the 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment (2-18th FAR) is a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) battalion stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. It is capable of deploying worldwide to support contingency operations by planning, synchronizing, and delivering surface-to-surface precision and general support rocket and missile fires in support of full-spectrum operations.

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