DescriptionADA School DUI.png	English: U.S. Army Air Defense Center and Air Defense Artillery School Distinctive Unit Insignia
Date	4 May 1965
Source	US Army Institute of Heraldry.
Author	English: United States Army
Permission (Reusing this file)	Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia produced by the United States Army Institute of Heraldry. It is in the public domain but its use is restricted by Title 18, United States Code, Section 704 [1] and the Code of Federal Regulations (32 CFR, Part 507) [2], [3]. Permission to use these images in the USA for most commercial purposes must be obtained from The Institute of Heraldry prior to their use. Deutsch ∙ English ∙ فارسی ∙ 日本語 ∙ русский ∙ +/− – English: US Army Institute of Heraldry

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• 2007-01-03 00:31 Nobunaga24 141×150×6 (4011 bytes) Air Defense Artillery School DUI from [http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Schools/Air%20Defense%20Artillery%20School.htm]

Summary

• A gold color metal device blazoned: Per chevron reversed and debased Azure and Gules, two electrical flashes on partition line Or, on the first a pile throughout Argent, surmounted by a shell of the second, winged of the third. Attached below the shield a gold scroll inscribed "MILITANT" in blue letters.

Symbolism

1. The escutcheon represents the coordinated activity of the different elements of the Antiaircraft Artillery.
2. The base of red is the Artillery color.
3. The thunderbolts indicate the employment of electrical power.
4. A searchlight beam pierces the night sky of blue.
5. In the shaft of light rises a winged projectile, flying swiftly and surely to its target.
6. The thunderbolts are power; the shaft of light, the illustration of truth through knowledge; the sky, the illimitable regions of the upper air that Antiaircraft Artillery must conquer; the winged projectile, the spirit of the School, young, rising, indomitable.

Background

1. The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the U.S. Army Air Defense School on 1965-05-04.
2. On 1981-06-19 it was amended to extend authorization for wear to include personnel assigned to the U.S. Army Air Defense Center.
3. Effective 1983-01-01 the insignia was redesignated for the U. S. Army Air Defense Artillery School.

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