Royal Navy – The Royal Navy may not bring its Sea Harriers to the Gulf.

• The Times: Heat may spell the end for Sea

Royal Navy – HMS Ocean will sail with a Marine Commando in mid-January.

• Daily Telegraph: Marines to leave next month ahead of assault on Iraq

Taiwanese Navy – Work on getting diesel-powered submarines for Taiwan moves forward.

• Reuters: U.S. kicks off Taiwan submarine competition

US Navy – The hospital ship USS Comfort is set to sail for the Gulf.

• ABC News: Stepping Up the Pace

US Navy – Aboard the USS Mount Whitney, off the Horn of Africa.

• Virginian Pilot: Task force on Mount Whitney hunting al-Qaida off Africa
• Virginian Pilot: Photos: Mount Whitney leads anti-terrorism force

US Marines – Thomas Ricks on how the Commandant of the Marine Corps and Chief of Staff of the Army don’t believe that Iraq will be such a walkover.

• Washington Post: Projection on Fall Of Hussein Disputed

US Marines – Part IV of the Harrier series with a look at the future of vertical flight in the Marines.

• Los Angeles Times: Storming Capitol Hill: The Few, the Proud, the Politically Wired