Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan releases photos of the salvaged wreck of the North Korean spy ship it sank last year.
Royal Navy – HMS Ark Royal is participating in an amphibious exercise in the Mediterranean, named Destined Glory 2002.
- The Independent: Ark Royal’ leads exercise as Nato shows its muscle
Royal Navy – A look at the armour and naval assests the UK may contribute to a war against Iraq.
US Navy – The USS Kearsarge is spending some time exercising in the Gulf of Mexico as the first stand-in mine hunter command ship since the decommissioning of the USS Inchon in June. For the exercise it will be embarking mine sweeping helicopters. Will this capability be taken to the Persian Gulf?
- Scripps Howard: Assault ship heads here
US Navy – Life aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, currently off of Afghanistan – an interview with her air wing.
- National Post: U.S. sailors wait for war just 30 hours from Iraq
- National Post: In a floating city, sailors line up for the dentist
US Navy – More on the status of the Pacific Fleet’s aircraft carriers.
- The Sun: Pacific Fleet carriers on alert
US Marines – US Marines will be exercising with Phillipine Marines in the Phillipines.
History – U.S. Destroyers Contributed Mightily to the Korean War Effort.
- Sea Power: Siege, Gambit, and Scramble