Express your love for the U.S. Navy with this Annin U.S. Navy Military Flag. In 1959, a special seal was created for the United States Navy. Later that seal was used on a flag to be displayed on shore by color guards. The basic design was a reproduction of the Navy seal which had been in use for almost 200 years. The US navy flag shows a Revolutionary War vessel with the national flag, the naval pennant, and the rank flag of the commanding officer. In the foreground of the American military flag is an American bald eagle with a large anchor behind it. In the official seal the foreground showed some land. However, when these military branch flags were adopted, the Secretary of the Navy insisted that only the ocean be represented, without any land area.