Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan will refuel all allied ships in the Gulf.

• Asahi Shimbun: MSDF ships to expand fueling to other navies

US Navy – Life aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.

• Los Angeles Times: Carrier Aims Show of Force at Iraq

Background – Afghanistan – A slice of life of Afghanistan today, and how it appears to be descending back into chaos???

• The Atlantic: The Road to Herat