Royal Marines – 3 Commando Brigade, currently exercising in Oman, may be deployed to Afghanistan. They are the mountain and winter warfare experts of the British military.

• BBC: UK’s mountain warfare elite
• BBC: UK troops set for Afghan role
• Daily Telegraph: British troops face winter war

US Marines – Meanwhile the US Marines maintain a Mountain Warfare Training Center in California to distribute mountain and winter warfare expertise throughout the Corps.

• CNN: Marines prepare for mountain combat

US Navy – The former residents of Diego Garcia who were evicted from the island 30 years ago fear this conflict will delay their court-ordered permanent return to their home islands.

• The Guardian: US base deals blow to displaced islanders
  

US Navy – Aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the Gulf.

• ABC: The Tip of the Sword