Navy Flag

This is one of the lakes on Victory Base.  At the center are the remains of a Saddam era sculpture of dolphins and a giant clam shell.  It has some sort of Arabic mythical significance that I can't recall at the moment. 

NAVCENT Forward is the Navy Command in Iraq that oversees all Navy activity in the region.  Their offices are in one of the Palaces overlooking the lake. 

A while back some Sailors rowed out and planted a Navy flag on the Oyster.  Within days the Army slipped out and took it down.  Now, every week the Navy goes out and plants its flag - and a few days later the Army takes it down.  Its these sorts of inter service rivalries that keep things interesting.