US Navy – The USS Greeneville has collided with the USS Ogden in the Arabian Sea.

• Reuters: US warship, submarine, collide off Oman

US Navy – The crew of the USS John F. Kennedy are working hard to get ready to deploy.

• Virginian Pilot: Fixing the Kennedy
  

Canadian Coast Guard – Canadians must do more to defend their shores against terrorism.

• Halifax Daily News: Canada must step up coastal defence

Background – Afghanistan – The current situation on the ground faced by special forces in Afghanistan, with commentary by the editor of Jane’s World Armies.

• Christian Science Monitor: After Tora Bora, US hunts alone
  

Background – Secretary Rumsfield – William Arkin argues the US Secretary of Defense has been more talk than action in terms of transforming the military over the last year.

• Washington Post: Rumsfeld’s Year in Review