US Marines – The Marines are learning just how hard urban combat can be in realistic training scenarios.

• Wall Street Journal: Marines learn urban combat

US Marines – The Commandant of the Marine Corps on lessons learned from Afghanistan.

• Washington Times: Afghanistan lessons don’t apply to Iraq, general says

NAVINT – Anthony Preston’s miscellaneous naval news from the UK, Australia, Chile, France, Sri Lanka, and Japan.

• Sea Power: United States Shows Interest in Swiss 35mm Gun Mount