The mark consists of a circular design bordered by a gold and black roping, within which is a black band. Inside this is a red band bordered in yellow, within which are the words UNITED STATES CORPS EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCE DISPOSAL, in white. Also within this band is a design consisting of a gray bombshell with four gray lightning bolts protruding from the sides, within which is a five-point star, and a gray laurel underneath. On top of the bombshell is a gray laurel, within which is a five-point star. Within this is a circular field, in gray, within which are the words ESTABLISHED IN 1940, in white. Within this field is a brown buzzard with a pink neck and head, and yellow beak and claws sitting atop gray bomb with black stippling on the bottom and sides with a gold fuse lit with a red and orange flame, within which is the word EOD in red, bordered in black. Behind the bomb is a pickaxe with a brown shaft and a gray blade, around which is wrapped a golden noose with the loop around the blade.