Royal Marines – Royal Marines have taken up blocking positions along the Pakistan – Afghanistan border in Operation Buzzard.

• Washington Post: British Fortify Pakistani Border
• BBC: UK Marines in new Afghan mission

US Navy – What the US Navy hopes to get out of next year’s budget.

• Sea Power: President Seeks Multibillion Increases for Defense, Homeland Security
  

US Marines – The new role of the Marines’ reserve division artillery regiment – to be corps-level artillery.

• Marine Corps Gazette: The Force Artillery Mission and 14th Marines
  

NOSI will take a short break and will publish next on Monday. See you then.