US Navy – Two articles that demonstrate the only bases the US can count on in time of war are bases in the US, in the UK (Diego Garcia) and carrier battlegroups.

• Washington Post: A Restrained and Patient Attack From the Skies
• Virginian Pilot: As Air Force’s B-2s go to war, some ask: Overkill?
  

US Navy – US Navy battlegroup deployments will now stretch beyond 6 months, due to the nation being at war.

• Virginian Pilot: Deployments longer than 6 months likely, Natter says
  

Background – Strategy Update – Update along with a current Allied Order of Battle.

• Daily Telegraph:
  Troops will go in ‘sooner, not later’

• The Times: The forces available

Background – Russian Lessons Learned

• The Times: Russians offer US lessons in Afghan conflict
• The Times: The way to win