Royal Navy – The Royal Navy is sending a task force back to Sierra Leone, headed by HMS Ocean which is in the Mediterranean and has 42 Commando embarked. The UN has requested these troops, which will remain off shore as a rapid reaction force.

• BBC News: Britain prepares Sierra Leone force
• Times of London (registration required): UK to send task force to Sierra Leone

US Navy – First person accounts of the attack on the USS Cole.

• Washington Post: ‘I just didn’t want to die on the ship’

US Navy – The US Navy is interested in basing nuclear attack submarines on Guam.

• Stars and Stripes: Navy wants subs based in Guam

US Navy – The USS O’Brien is delivering humanitarian aid to East Timor.

• Associated Press: US ship brings aid to East Timor

Royal Navy – While the stranded HMS Tireless in Gibraltar continues to cause controversy, there is more information now available about what is wrong with her reactor and how serious it is.

• BBC News: Experts to discuss crippled UK sub
• Guardian: Nuclear sub was hours from meltdown