US Marines – US Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the USS Peleliu amphibious ready ground, and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the USS Bataan amphibious ready group have landed outside Kandahar in order to join US and UK special forces in the hunt for Taliban and al Qaeda operatives.

• CNN: Up to 1,500 Marines destined for south Afghanistan
• Washington Post: Marines Sent Into Afghanistan

Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – More Japanese ships have deployed to the Arabian Sea.

• Associated Press: Japanese warships deployed to support war on terrorism
• CNN: Japanese war effort sets sail

Canadian Navy – The Canadian Navy considers acquiring its own organic sealift capability.

• Edmonton Sun: We want ships!
  

Royal Marines – Why the Royal Marines’ SBS unit is going nowhere at Bagram airfield near Kabul.

• Daily Telegraph: How 680 Paras drove a wedge between London and Washington

Background – Strategy – The next countries targeted in the war against terrorism will be Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.

• Sunday Times of London: The Allies’ next targets: US pledges bombs will give way to stiletto attacks on ‘the evil ones’
• Sunday Times of London: US targets three more countries