The mark consists of a shield shape, with a silver, metallic border. The background within the shield is separated by a thick, silver, metallic line that is slightly concave up and has the same thickness and appearance as the border. The top section of the shield has a navy blue background with a large white star centered in it, with three smaller white stars, in a triangle shape, both to the left and to the right of the center white star, totaling seven stars. The bottom section of the background of the shield is red. In the foreground of the shield, the same thick, silver, metallic line forms a "V" that parallels the bottom border of the shield and continues until it crosses the concave line separating the sections. In the middle ground of the shield, between the diagonal lines that form the "V", the same thick, silver, metallic line forms an "S". The bottom of the "S" shape is slightly eclipsed by the "V" shape, while the top of the "S" shape crosses on top of the concave line separating the two sections of the shield. The upper left portion of the shield is lighter than the remainder of the shield as if a light source is shining on it. At the top of the mark, above the shield shape, are the words "VET SEC" in large capitalized block letters in the same color red as the bottom section of the shield. The words "VET" and "SEC" are separated by a red star, centered between them in the same color red as the bottom section of the shield. Centered directly below "VET SEC", and directly above the shield shape are the words "PROTECTION AGENCY" in small capital letters and in the color black. To the left of the words "PROTECTION AGENCY" are three, thin black horizontal lines decreasing in length from top to bottom, with the top line being the longest and the bottom line being the shortest. To the right of the words "PROTECTION AGENCY" are three black horizontal lines decreasing in length from top to bottom, with the top line being the longest and the bottom line being the shortest. The lines are equal in height to the words "PROTECTION AGENCY".