US Coast Guard – Aboard the USCGC Albacore, being pushed beyond its limits.

• Virginian Pilot: Coast Guard is pushed to the limit
  

US Navy – P-3C and EP-3 Orion aircraft continue their surveillance of Somalia and Yemen.

• The Times: US turns to Yemen and Somalia in war on terrorism
  

Canadian Navy – HMCS Victoria, Canada’s first Upholder-class submarine, remains in drydock undergoing refitting, which is running significantly longer than expected. It has been over a year since it arrived in Canada.

• Daily News: New sub stuck in Halifax port

US Navy – The MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter is slowly entering service.

• Associated Press: Navy Debuts New Transport Helicopter
  

US Navy – The Chief of Naval Operations on why funding readiness is more important than funding new ships.

• San Diego Union Tribune: Chief of naval operations offers pep talk to sailors headed to war
  

Background – Transformation – Transformation *is* occuring, just more slowly than hoped for???

• Washington Post: 1’s and 0’s Replacing Bullets in U.S. Arsenal

Background – Saudi Arabia and Egypt – How to help choke off terrorism – tell the governments of Egypt and Saudi Arabia to stop their anti-American diatribe. Thomas Friedman agrees and says these countries need to see the truth for their own good.

• The Atlantic: The Real Roots of Terror
• New York Times: Blunt Question, Blunt Answer