Royal Marines – Operation Snipe is over, with no contact being made with the enemy.

• BBC: Marines hail Afghan ‘success’
  

• CNN: UK Marines end Operation Snipe

US Navy – Plans for making CVN-77 a radically new type of aircraft carrier have been scaled back.

• Virginian Pilot: New carrier won’t be as advanced as once planned
  

Israeli Navy – Israel sank an arms ship delivering arms to the Gaza Strip.

• Ha’aretz: Israel sank arms ship bound for Gaza Strip

South African Navy – South Africa has acquired 6 ex-German Navy mine sweepers.

• All Africa: Bargain Ships Offer Training Option
  

US Navy – CINCPAC on how the US Navy must fix its acquisition system to allow it to more rapidly field needed new technologies and get more bang for the buck for its procurement dollars.

• US Naval Institute Proceedings: We Can Fix Acquisition