US Navy – The USS George Washington battlegroup is about to deploy to relieve the USS John F Kennedy battlegroup.

• Virginian Pilot: Another battle group set to depart for 6-month tour
  

US Navy – The US again tests a ship-based anti-ballistic missile system – successfully.

• Associated Press: Navy ship set for
  missile shield test

• CNN: Ballistic missile intercept test declared a success

Background – Guerilla Warfare – James F. Dunnigan on how to defeat a guerilla insurgency.

• Strategy Page: How to Beat Guerillas