US Navy – The next Nimitz-class aircraft carrier will be named the???USS George H.W. Bush???

• Associated Press: Aircraft carrier named for former President Bush
  

Background – Transformation – A look at the patron saint of transformation, Colonel John Boyd.

• Virginian Pilot: Air Force Col. John R. Boyd: The man who shaped the military

Background – Iraq – William Arkin on how the US does not have hard evidence on current Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

• Washington Post Dot Mil: Soft Evidence, Hard Conclusions
  

US Navy – Miscellaneous Navy news from around the fleet.

• Sea Power: General Dynamics Selected to Modernize Coast Guard Distress Response System