U.S. Navy – The U.S. Navy is improving Sailors’ quality of life by providing each with an e-mail account to stay in touch with home during deployments.

• Seatttle Post Intelligencer: Carrier crew uses e-mail to stay in touch with loved ones back home

U.S. Marines – the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit has returned home after a 6 month deployment to the Pacific. During the cruise they assisted UN peacekeeping efforts on East Timor; exercised in the Persian Gulf with Kuwait, Quatar and Oman; and stood by to assist if necessary in evacuations from war-torn Eritrea.

• San Diego Union Tribune: Troops return to admirers