US Navy – Aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, whose pilots are now plinking caves.
- Associated Press: U.S. fighter jets target troops, caves in hunt for bin Laden
US Marines – On the ground with the US Marines at and around Camp Rhino.
- Associated Press: Marines hunt al Qaeda and Taliban leaders
- Los Angeles Times: ‘They Could Be Dying if We Didn’t Do Things Right’
US Marines – Why the US Marines are the United States leaders in expeditionary warfare, and why the US Army is not.
- Washington Post: Marines’ Mission Stirs Army Debate
Background – William Arkin on how destroying the cave complexes is turning out to be easier than earlier thought.
- Los Angeles Times: In 21st Century War, 2 Cavemen Stand Out
Background – Secretary of Defense Rumsfield gives his opinion of the war to date in an interview with Thomas Ricks.
- Washington Post: Rumsfeld’s Hands-On War