US Navy – The USS Constellation battlegroup is being deployed early to the Gulf.

• San Diego Union Tribune: Task force ordered to gulf
  

US Navy – A detailed description of the Maritime Prepositioning Forces at Diego Garcia.

• East African Standard: Floating armouries to allow rapid land raid
  

US Navy – The agile and adaptive Navy-Marine Corps team transforms itself to meet the future.

• Sea Power: Power and Access ??? From the Sea
  

Background – Secretary of Defense Rumsfield – The attacks on Secretary Rumsfield begin again, with him being described as a better war secretary than defense secretary. An interesting survey by Thomas Ricks.

• Washington Post: Rumsfeld’s Style, Goals Strain Ties In Pentagon
  

Background – War on Terror – Ralph Peters on how the terrorist bombing in Indonesia will backfire against the terrorists.

• Wall Street Journal: The Eastern Front: The Bali Attack is a Sign of the Terrorists Desperation