On a shield shape embroidered item edged with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) yellow border, 3 inches in height, blazoned as follows; Per bend Azure (Dark Blue) and Azure, the insignia of the National Guard Bureau Or.

The field is divided into two colors, dark blue signifying the Army and ultramarine blue signifying the Air Force.  Together it indicates the joint Army and Air Force nature of the NGB in managing Army National Guard and Air National Guard affairs.  The eagle with two fasces is the insignia of the National Guard Bureau (NGB), symbolizing the administration and their functions and mission to the NGB.

A shoulder sleeve insignia, 3 1/2 inches in height, was originally approved for the National Guard Bureau on 23 January 2020. The shoulder sleeve insignia was amended on 12 June 2020 to reduce the size from 3 1/2 inches to 2 1/2 inches. On 3 December 2020, a final version of the shoulder sleeve insignia was approved in 3 inches.