Originally constituted 20 June 1962 as the 2nd Civil Affairs Detachment in the Regular Army, today’s 92nd Civil Affairs Battalion was activated on 12 July 1962 at Fort Bragg and was subsequently redesignated as the 2nd Civil Affairs Company on 1 April 1964. The Company would deploy to Vietnam and take part in a dozen of the war’s seventeen named campaigns, with its outstanding service recognized by the Republic of Vietnam with a Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class to complement its three Meritorious Unit Commendations from the U.S. Army.
The Company was inactivated on 27 July 1971 while still in Vietnam and remained in inactive status for period just a few days shy of forty full years. It was redesignated as HQ and HQ Company, 92nd Civil Affairs Battalion, with its organic elements concurrently constituted, on 15 October 2009, but two more years would pass before the Battalion was activated at Fort Bragg, its current location. While the Battalion as whole has not received any military decorations since its reactivation, its B Company was awarded a Valorous Unit Award for its performance in Eastern Afghanistan between February and August 2012, and its C Company was chosen for a Meritorious Unit Commendation for service in Afghanistan between November 2013 and April 2014.
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Commonly called a unit crest or DUI for short, the Distinctive Unit Insignia of the 92nd Civil Affairs Battalion features yellow sections on its shield portion to denote the four virtues of goodwill, magnanimity, nobleness, and vigor. The blue pheon (arrow) recalls the unit crest of II Field Force, Vietnam; the red bars on either side signify service in Vietnam, and the blue invokes constancy, sincerity, truth, justice, and thinking. Red is for courage and valor.
Purple and white on the star are the Civil Affairs branch colors, and its twelve points denote the number of campaigns the Company took part in. Purple stands for loyalty and patience, while white (silver) indicate five more virtues: beauty, clarity, humility, innocence, and purity. The upright dagger is from the Special Operations Command insignia, and the red wings reflect the unit’s Airborne status.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.
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.