Royal Australian Navy – A review of Australian forces in the Gulf.

• BBC: Australia’s military role in Iraq

US Navy – With the bomb builders aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.

• Washington Post: Building Bombs Aboard the Abraham Lincoln

US Marines – Sandstorms are a major occupational hazard in the Gulf.

• The Times: Restless Marines whipped up by a desert storm
• Washington Post: The Few, the Proud, the Green: Young Marines Learn on Job

US Navy – Escorts from the USS Harry S. Truman and USS Abraham Lincoln battlegroups move from the Med to the Red Sea.

• Associated Press: Armed U.S. Navy Ships Move to Red Sea

Royal Navy – Aboard HMS Ark Royal.

• Financial Times: British troops would rather face desert sandstorms than politicking back home

Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan deploys an Aegis destroyer to the Sea of Japan in advance of expected North Korean missile tests.

• Associated Press: Japan Deploys Ship Amid Missile Reports

Background – Foreign Relations – Historian Simon Schama on why no one ever likes the U.S.

• The New Yorker: The Unloved American