Please keep those Comment Forms coming folks! I’ve received over 20 in the last 2 days, which is more than I’ve received in the last 2 years. I have already received many excellent suggestions for improvements. In a week or two I will summarize the feedback I have obtained, and address many of your questions. Thanks again!

Irish Navy – The Irish Navy is playing a bigger role in search and rescue operations.

• Associated Press:
  Irish Navy Aids Search for Family
  

Swedish Navy – The corvette Visby is undergoing sea trials.

• Jane’s: Sweden’s Visby begins sea trials

US Coast Guard – Aboard several USCG cutters, patroling at sea.

• Sea Power: Homeland Defense Begins at the Water’s Edge

Background – Donald Rumsfield – An in depth interview with the US Secretary of Defense. Amongst the interviewers is the military historian Sir John Keegan.

• Daily Telegraph: ‘You can only defend by finding terrorists and rooting them out’

Background – War gaming – A preview of the war game “Millennium Challenge 2002.”

• Virginian Pilot: Experiment in Norfolk could change pace of war