insignia was all gold and approved on 31 March 1986. The design was changed on 7 June 1994 to add color to the insignia. The Regimental DUI is worn on the Soldier's right side above the name tag and any unit awards on the Army Service Uniform. The Branch Insignia was approved in its present form in 1913. The sword is characteristic of military forces and symbolized the Quartermaster Corps control of military supplies. The key is representative of the Corps traditional storekeeping function. The wheel is styled after a six-mule-wagon wheel and represents transportation and delivery of supplies. The wheel has thirteen spokes, a red and white hub, and a blue felloe (the outer edge of the wheel) embedded with thirteen gilt (gold) stars. The thirteen stars and spokes of the wheel represent the original colonies and the origin of the Corps which occurred during the Revolutionary War. The gilt (gold) eagle is the national bird and is symbolic of our nation. The colors red, white, and blue are the national colors. The Branch Insignia is worn on the lapel of the Army Service Uniform, singly on a brass disk for Enlisted personnel and in pairs for Officers. Functions The function of the Quartermaster Corps is to provide the following support to the Army: general supply (except for ammunition and medical supplies) Mortuary Affairs (formerly graves registration) subsistence (food service) petroleum and water field services aerial delivery (parachute packing, air item maintenance, heavy and light equipment parachute drop, rigging and sling loading) shower, laundry, fabric/light textile repair material and distribution management Former functions Former functions and missions of the Quartermaster Corps were: military transportation (given to the newly established Army Transport Service during the American Civil War and to the Transportation Corps in 1942) military construction (given to the Corps of Engineers in the early 1940s) U.S. Army Remount Service horses/war dogs (military dog training given to Corps of Military Police in 1951) military heraldry (given to the Adjutant General's Corps in 1962) Units Quartermaster detachments, companies and battalions are normally assigned to corps or higher level commands. Divisions and smaller units have multifunctional support battalions which combine functional areas from the Army Transportation Corps, Army Quartermaster Corps, Army Ordnance Corps, and the Army Medical Service Corps. Quartermaster organizations include field service, general supply, petroleum supply and petroleum pipeline, aerial delivery (rigger), water, and mortuary affairs units. Most are