Chinese Navy – The Chinese Navy has embarked on its first global circumnavigation.

• Associated Press: Chinese navy’s first global voyage

US Navy – The US is considering opening a naval gunnery and bombing range in Eritrea.

• Voice of America: US Contemplates Military Ties with Eritrea
  

US Navy – The US Navy is developing ways to make submarine propellers more quickly.

• Science Daily: Cutting Edge Technology To Better Shape Submarine Propellers

Canadian Navy – The Canadian Navy is short of personnel, it will therefore be able to maintain 3 ships in the Arabian Gulf indefinitely.

• National Post: Canada had trouble manning warships

US Marines – The current state of Marine aviation.

• Marine Corps Gazette: State of Marine Aviation
  

Royal Marines – Royal Marine operations in Afghanistan are on hold, after the SAS who serve as their recon troops are quarantined after the outbreak of a mystery illness at their base.

• Daily Telegraph: How the Marines found Operation Snipe could not fly

US Army – An excellent essay in which the reporter goes on a several-day long patrol with a company of the 101st Airborne Division in Afghanistan. It gives excellent insight into what the “war” on the ground is like — more and more like Vietnam every day.

• Washington Post: GIs Battle ‘Ghosts’ in Afghanistan