US Navy – The USS John F. Kennedy will do her pre-deployment live fire training off of North Carolina and Virginia, and not off Vieques.

• Washington Times: Carrier barred from Vieques training
• Associated Press: Navy’s next firing school shifts to US from

Canadian Navy – The Canadians are starting to rotate their ships in the Arabian Sea.

• Canadian Press: HMCS Toronto to Move to Arabian Sea, HMCS Halifax May Come Home

Royal Australian Navy – A RAN frigate’s crew has been accused of disorderly conduct during a shore leave on Christmas Island.

• The Australian: ADF misconduct ‘here to stay’
  

• The Age: Navy misconduct claims rejected

Background – Strategy – A defense lesson from Afghanistan for European nations, by analyst Edward Luttwak.

• Los Angeles Times: A Military’s Power Isn’t in the Numbers