US Navy – A terrorist plot against the USS Carl Vinson while on port call at Changi Naval Base in Singapore was foiled by the Singapore government.

• United Press International: Terror Plot on U.S. Carrier Foiled

US Marines Corps – Why the MV-22 Osprey remains important to the US Marines, and how useful it would have been in Afghanistan.

• Los Angeles Times: Value of Grounded Osprey Aircraft Expected to Warrant Postwar Look
  

Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – The Japanese minesweeper Uraga has returned from its deployment to the Arabian Sea.

• Associated Press: Japanese warship returns home from war on terror in Afghanistan

US Navy – How the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt celebrated New Years.

• Associated Press: Sailors Ring in New Year on Carrier