US Navy – Aboard the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Toledo.

• WAVY: War On Terror Changes Mission of Navy Submarines

US Navy – The Navy is moving forward with the Littoral Combat Ship.

• Reuters: U.S. Navy moving ahead with littoral combat ship

Background – NATO – Thomas Ricks on how the US may stop basing troops in Europe, and instead preposition their equipment there. Will the US move out of the “old” Europe and into the “new Europe?” A Marine is leading the way???

• Washington Post: U.S. Military in Europe May Change

Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan on the two different strategies for invading Iraq – fast versus slow.

• StrategyPage: How to Invade Iraq Like a Mongol