On a dark ble disc with a narrow red edging, a flaming gold torch sumperiposed by a light blue-green globe encircles by two red atomic ellipses, bearing 13 white stars in the upper half and an open green wreath of laurel and olive in the lower half; within the gold inscription "DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY" in the upper half and "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" in the lower half. 

The initial letters of Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) also comprise the Green word "dia" which means divided into 2 parts. In this instance, the flaming torch and its gold color represents knowledge, i.e. intelligence, "lighting" the way of the "known" ligh blue-green world against the darkness or "unknown" symbolized by the dark blue background - "the area of truth" still sought by the world-wide mission of the Agency. The 2 red atomic ellipses symbolize the scientific and technical aspect of intelligence today and of the future. The 13 stars and the wreath are adopted from the Department of Defense seal and are used to identify the Agency as a DOD organization.