What RDI/DUI do I wear and what collar insignia?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 11:54:32 -0400

PMOS:68WF2 flight medic. Switching to 15Q air traffic controller. I'm National Guard so I'm already assigned to ATC company. Question I have is for my ASUs, since I have not been awarded the 15Q yet, which RDI/DUI and branch insignia do I wear? More... I know my unit has DUI so I already have those places on shoulders and beret but as a medic I wore the AMEDD RDI above nameplate and medical corps insignia on collar. Now that I'm assigned to ATC company, do I wear aviation branch or not until awarded MOS?

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 16 at 2016 2:10 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 14:10:51 -0400

I think your unit affiliation(above nameplate) can be what you choose. The shoulder and beret are where you belong to so I think you would wear the new unit insignia. Not sure about the collar insignia I wasn't a MOS-T so when I was in AIT I wore 2 U.S. insignia while in AIT.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 16 at 2016 2:19 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 14:19:17 -0400

Here's the bigger kicker... Being assigned to a flight medic position we wore aviation insignia but when I was a ground medic I wore medical. So do I wear medical again now that I am no longer assigned to flight or do I wear aviation since that was my last assignment?

Response by SGT Edward Wilcox made Jul 16 at 2016 2:34 PM

SGT Edward Wilcox — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 14:34:40 -0400

Your MOS is medical, so the Regimental insignia you wear is the medical insignia. The Branch insignia will always be medical, regardless of the unit you are assigned to. If you were wearing aviation branch insignia as a flight medic, you were wrong. Whoever told you to do that was also wrong. Once you graduate from AIT for 15Q and RECEIVE ORDERS for your new MOS, you start wearing regimental and branch insignia for aviation. The unit insignia will stay the same, since you are staying in the same unit.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 16 at 2016 4:46 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 16:46:19 -0400

I always thought that you could choose which RDI you wanted to wear, given you had the paperwork to back regimental affiliation. DUI are unit specific, but your tracking that already hotshot. Good luck in your new field!

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 16 at 2016 5:30 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:30:24 -0400

BLUF: Wear any RDI you have supporting documentation for.

Regimental Affiliation, A/O 10 APR 15

Regimental Affiliation, A/O 10 APR 15. AR 600-82 (Regimental Affiliation Program) was rescinded and subsequent guidance published within AR 670-1 and DA Pam 670-1 (Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia). The latest guidance from DA Pam 670-1, dated 10 Apr 15, is provided at the following link. Based on this change, requests to affiliate with a unit in order to wear that unit's DUI are no longer required. Soldiers may affiliate with a unit and wear the DUI based on their assignment history. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-55238
Posted: 4/17/2015

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Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 16 at 2016 5:33 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:33:16 -0400

AMEDD for life, turncoat. Why in God's Green Earth would you give up Flight Medic???

Response by MAJ Javier Rivera made Jul 16 at 2016 5:38 PM

MAJ Javier Rivera — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:38:41 -0400

Refer to AR/DA PAM 670-1 for authoritative guidance.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 9 at 2016 5:24 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 05:24:14 -0400

For active duty under the new update to 670-1, you no longer choose for the record what unit to use. You are authorized to wear the insignia of any unit to which you have been assigned in the past (verified by your records, if anyone wants to check). When the change was made to the reg, my chosen unit disappeared from my ERB. There is a possibility this is different for the guard. I have never checked into the rules for them because it did not apply to me.

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 17 at 2016 7:50 AM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 07:50:12 -0400

Aviation doesn't have a regimental crest, you chose one to wear based on past assigned units, that's why some of us who have never been outside of aviation don't have one on our ASUs. When you wear your ASUs at graduation, you should have your insignia matching the unit you're currently assigned to (at graduation, the orders have already been cut and you're already assigned to F Co)