US Navy – The USS Kitty Hawk battlegroup is returning to its homeport in Japan.

• Associated Press: U.S. warship based in Japan returns from duty in war against terror

US Navy – The US Navy continues to actively board and search ships suspected of aiding al-Qaeda’s cause.

• Daily Telegraph: US navy scours oceans for bin Laden fleet

US Navy – Aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the amount of ordinance being delivered by aircraft is falling off. Meanwhile the Italian aircraft carrier Guiseppe Garibaldi is working up to integrate itself into the task force.

• Associated Press: US fighters dropping about 50 percent fewer bombs on Afghanistan