US Marines – The US Marines will begin to move their base from Camp Rhino to the Kandahar airport.

• Washington Post: Marines in Desert Pulling Up Stakes

Indian Navy – The Indian Navy recent held joint exercises with the US Navy.

• BBC: India joins US naval exercises

Royal Australian Navy – The Australian Navy turned back another ship carrying illegal immigrants.

• Reuters: Australia Turns Back Boat Carrying 17 Migrants
  

Background – Strategy – William Arkin on how the strategy the US is using to hunt down the Al Qaeda leadership – leaving the fighting to Afghan proxies – may lessen the chances of actually finding those leaders.

• Los Angeles Times: Dropping 15,000 Pounds of Frustration