US Marines – The Marines are unloading their maritime prepositioning ships in Kuwait.

• Associated Press: Marines unload equipment in Kuwait

US Navy – The USS Boxer and USS Bon Homme Richard amphibious ready groups set sail for the Gulf.

• New York Times: Tears Are the Rule of the Day as an American Armada Leaves

Background – Information Warfare – Space assets are poised to play a much more useful role compared with 1991.

• Aviation Week: Milspace Will Be a Major Player in ‘Gulf War 2’