Royal Navy – HMS Sheffield is to be paid off early.

• Daily Telegraph: Navy signals Sheffield: You are to be paid off

US Navy – A review of the Sea Power 21 vision for the future.

• Sea Power: Special Report: Sea Power 21

Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan comments on some of the rumors swirling around planning for an invasion of Iraq.

• StrategyPage: Rumors, Rumors, we got Rumors about Iraq