US Marines – With the Marines on the ground in Afghanistan.

• Washington Post: Improvising a Military Oasis
• Associated Press: Marines Detect ‘Credible Threat’

US Navy – Aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, with her young Sailors.

• Washington Post: Out of High School and Into a Combat Zone

Canadian Navy – HMCS Toronto deploys to NATO’s Standing Naval Force Atlantic in the Mediterranean. It replaces HMCS Halifax, which was sent to the Arabian Sea to join the fight against terrorism.

• Halifax Herald: Toronto crew heads to Mediterranean

Background – Special Forces – Sir John Keegan on the historical importance of special forces.

• Daily Telegraph: Beating the terrorist at his own game