US Marines – US Marines are engaging in more aggressive patroling around their airfield base in Afghanistan.

• Washington Post: Marines Block Roads To Taliban Stronghold

US Navy – The Bon Homme Richard amphibious ready ground carrying the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit has set sail for the Arabian Sea.

• North County Times: Solemn farewells as Marines, Sailors head for Middle East

US Navy – The US is set to embark on a closer military relationship with India, as more US Navy ships make port calls in India.

• Reuters: U.S. Plans ‘Unprecedented’ Military Ties with India
  

• Frontier Post: US naval ship to dock in Madras port

Background – Taliban military – James F. Dunnigan debunks myths about the Taliban military machine.

• Strategy Page: More Myths about the War in Afghanistan