US Marines – Background information on the new Commandant of the Marine Corps.

• San Diego Union Tribune: Pendleton’s Hagee seen as crossroads commandant
  

US Navy – US Navy ships will start flying the “First Navy Jack.”

• Virginian Pilot: Ships to start flying ”Don’t Tread On Me” flag Sept. 11
  

US Marines – Rumors that a Marine Expeditionary Force, of division strength, is to move to the Gulf.

• The Observer: US pours arms into Gulf region
  

History – U.S. Navy celebrates the centennial of its destroyer force.

• Sea Power: From Bainbridge to Arleigh Burke