U.S. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY (MEDDAC) YUMA PROVING GROUND
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Distinctive Unit Insignia
A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in height consisting of a stylized cactus plant with three branches in maroon enamel centered between and supported by two small white enamel crosses each supported at either side by the shoulders of two scarlet enamel human figure symbols overlapped by the points of a blue enamel lozenge with its short axis on the vertical center and having a gold outline, a gold inner concentric line and a small gold lozenge at center; issuant from below the pointed rays upon a ring of wavy rays.
The colors white and maroon are used by the Army Medical Department. The cactus and sun refer to physical characteristics of the Southwestern Arizona region and the stylized figures at either side are Indian symbols which stand for man, or human life. The blue symbol at center is the medicine man's eye and the white crosses refer to the Medical Activity mission.
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the U.S. Army Hospital, Yuma Proving Ground on 26 Oct 1970. It was redesignated for the U.S. Army Medical Department Activity, Yuma Proving Ground on 20 Sep 1973.