Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia

(7) Section leaders.
(8) Squad leaders and tank commanders.
(9) Team leaders.
(10) Assistant SF detachment commanders.
(11) SF operational detachment “B” sergeants major.
(12) SF operational detachment “A” senior sergeants.
c. The LI insignia is a green cloth loop, 1 5 ⁄8 inches wide, worn in the middle of both shoulder loops on the Army
green coat, the cold-weather coat (field jacket) and on the center tab of the extended cold-weather clothing system
(ECWCS) (Gortex) parka. When the LI is worn on the parka, personnel wear their grade insignia centered on the LI.
Personnel may wear pin-on grade insignia, or they may sew onto the LI the same cloth grade insignia that is worn on
the collars of the utility uniform (see fig 28–137).
Figure 28–137. Wear of combat leaders identification on shoulder loops
d. Personnel will not wear the LI when reassigned from a command position or from an organization designated
above, or when taking an official photo.
28–22. Distinctive unit insignia
a. Authorization. Distinctive unit insignia (DUI) of a design approved by The Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army, are
authorized and prescribed for wear on the service uniforms of personnel in the following echelons.
(1) MACOM: one design for each MACOM.
(2) Field armies: one design for each field Army.
(3) Regional readiness commands.
(4) Corps: one design for each corps.
(5) Division: one design for each division.
(6) Separate brigades: one design for each separate TOE brigade.
(7) Numbered group: one design for each TOE numbered group.
(8) Color-bearing regiments; training support battalions aligned to color-bearing regiments; and separate battalions,
fixed type: one design for each regiment and separate TOE battalion.
(9) Battalions, flexible: one design for each TOE battalion.
(10) Hospitals: one design for each TOE hospital.
(11) U.S. Army service schools established by the Department of the Army: one design for each service school.
(12) U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command training centers: one design for each training center.
(13) U.S. Army medical centers: one design for each center.
(14) U.S. Army medical department activities: one design for each activity.
(15) U.S. Army hospital centers: one design for each center.
(16) U.S. Army dental activities: one design for each activity.
(17) Army National Guard TASS: one design for all TASS activities identified in paragraph 28–16d(10)(c), above.
(18) U.S. Army Reserve schools: one design for all USAR schools.
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