The mark consists of centered, black outline white filled in service member in cover (hat) with white canine companion on the left side, within a black outlined shield, black and white stripes horizontally angled upward from left to right within the shield only for the inner top half of shield, lower half of shield behind service member and canine is black, across the top (within the shield border) in black is a symbol for star, the letter "N", a star, the letter "S", a star, the letter "S", a star, the letter "D", a star.
NEXT STEP SERVICE DOGS
Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark.