US Navy – More on the upcoming SEAL organizational and training changes.

• Virginian Pilot: Navy alters SEAL structure and training
• Jane’s: New US SPECWAR structure revealed

US Navy – A study suggests that forward basing of more ships would give the US Navy much more bang for its bucks.

• Virginian Pilot: More ships overseas are suggested in new study
  

US Navy – Has the US figured out a way to get conventionally power submarines to Taiwan? A US bank has purchased a controlling share in Germany’s Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft shipyard, which is the world’s premier exporter of conventional submarines.

• Jane’s: US bank takeover of HDW raises technology issues

Background – Transformation – Ralph Peters on how the post-colonial era has barely begun, and diplomats around the world are in denial about it.

• Crimes of War Project: What Will the Next War Look Like and What Will the International Community Do About It?