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 (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.
Enlisted personnel wear the insignia centered on a shoulder loop by placing it an equal distance from the outside shoulder seam to the outside edge of the shoulder-loop button. Officers (except Generals) wearing grade insignia on the shoulder loops center the DUI by placing it an equal distance between the inside edge of the grade insignia and the outside edge of the button.
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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Constituted on 18 April 1967 and activated on 25 July
that same year, the 20th Aviation Battalion wound up being in active service for less than three years. Based at Fort Carson from the time it was formed until its inactivation on 15 May 1970, the design of the Battalion’s Distinctive Unit Insignia focuses largely on its locale.
The centerpiece of the insignia is a triangular mountain with a snow-capped summit; over its upper half is the unit motto “Peak Of Performance,” which both embodies the spirit of the unit and alludes to the famous mountain of the same name (Pikes Peak) about 15 miles northwest as the crow flies from Fort Carson. Below the scroll and motto, raised wings connote the Battalion’s preparedness in swiftly carrying out its aerial mission. Combined with the disc between them, the pair of wings connotes the numerical designation of the unit.
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