Royal Navy – The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal will soon deploy to the Mediterranean Sea.

• BBC: UK denies Iraq war move
  

Royal Navy – HMS Nottingham begins its journey back to Australia.

• CNN: Stranded U.K. Navy ship begins long trip home

South Korean Navy – South Korea is salvaging its warship that was sunk by North Korea in June.

• BBC: S Korea to salvage clash boat
  

Thai Navy – Thailand’s new navy chief says he will not push for the acquisition of submarines.

• Bangkok Post: New chief won’t seek subs

Background – Saudi Arabia – Thomas Ricks on how the US government may be warming to the idea that the Saudi’s are at the root of many of the US’s troubles.

• Washington Post: Briefing Depicted Saudis as Enemies

History – An entertaining article on how the US National Park Service is attempting to preserve and present Cold War artifacts – namely missile silos.

• Washington Post: Rethinking the Unthinkable

Background – Special Operations – William Arkin on the future of US special operations – as hoped for by Special Operations Command.

• Los Angeles Times: Dressed–and Equipped–to Kill
  

US Navy – Naval lessons learned in Afghanistan.

• US Naval Institute Proceedings: What Can We Learn from Enduring Freedom?

Japanese Coast Guard – Japan is forming an organization of volunteer coastwatchers to look for environmental accidents, suspicious incidents and terrorists.

• Daily Yomiuri: 100,000 volunteers to watch coast

History – Beira patrol – A review of Britain’s naval blockade of the newly independent state of Rhodesia from 1966-1975, and what lessons may be drawn from it for current and future UN naval blockade operations.

• Naval War College Review: The Beira Patrol: Britainís Broken Blockade against Rhodesia

Background – War on Terrorism – Why the war on terror is lagging behind in South-East Asia.

• Economist: The elusive enemy

US Navy – Thomas Ricks on how it is being proposed that SEALs become more aggressive in boarding and searching suspicious vessels around the world.

• Washington Post: Aggressive New Tactics Proposed for Terror War

US Navy – How the Joint Strike Fighter is transformational.

• Sea Power: Transformation vs. Tradition

Russian Navy – What questions about the Kursk have been left unanswered by the final report?

• BBC: Kursk closure leaves questions unanswered
  

Background – Intelligence – An excellent Power Point brief on the naval intelligence lessons learned to date in Operation Enduring Freedom.

• Naval Intelligence Professionals: Operation Enduring Freedom – Intelligence Lessons Learned – An Unofficial Quick Look

Royal Navy – England will sink two Type-22 frigates it cannot find buyers for.

• Reuters: Navy to blow up two of its own ships

US Navy – Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, with her F/A-18E squadrons.

• Los Angeles Times: Navy’s New Hornet Carries a Bigger Sting Than Predecessor
  

Background – Iraq – Thomas Ricks on the US military’s reservations over invading Iraq.

• Washington Post: Generals, Officials Are Split Over Iraq

US Navy – More on the Gold Team’s design for the DD(X).

• Sea Power: Gold Team Selected to Build DD(X) Family of Warships