US Navy – Here is the latest involving the US Navy. The carriers USS John F. Kennedy and USS George Washington are steaming towards New York City and Washington DC. The USS Theodore Roosevelt is heading out to sea from Norfolk. The hospital ship USS Comfort is preparing to sail from Baltimore. On the West Coast, the USS John Stennis battlegroup is at sea. In the Persian Gulf, the USS Enterprise has been told to hold on station to assist the USS Carl Vinson if action is needed.

• Washington Post: U.S. Deploys Air Defenses on Coasts
• Baltimore Sun: Navy hospital ship ready to sail for N.Y.
• Virginian Pilot: Navy carriers sent to patrol off New York, D.C.
• US Navy: Pentagon hit by apparent hijacked aircraft

Background – The views of military historian John Keegan???

• Daily Telegraph: One step nearer a Middle East bloodbath

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Royal Australian Navy – Australia’s courts have ruled that the refugees currently on HMAS Manoora which is steaming toward Nauru, have the right to land in Australia instead.

• BBC: Australia appeals against ship ruling
  

US Navy – The US Navy has rescued the crew of a burning tanker smuggling oil in the Persian Gulf.

• BBC: Oil tanker ablaze in Gulf