 Misty For Me's dam Butterfly Cove was a half-sister to Fasliyev.U S Navy Flag began his racing career in a maiden race over five furlongs at Naas Racecourse on 1 May in which he started at odds of 11/2 and finished fourth of the six runners.He ran third in a minor race at the Curragh twelve days later and was then stepped up in class for the Listed Marble Hill Stakes at the same track in which he finished third to Brother Bear.