Royal Navy – While RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Percivale have delivered humanitarian supplies to Umn Qasr, the port is still considered too dangerous for civilian ships.

• BBC: Port still blocked to aid ships

US Navy – The life and responsibilities of a plane captain on an aircraft carrier.

• Virginian Pilot: On carrier, some of Navy’s top-flight captains aren’t officers

Royal Marines – With the Royal Marines in Basra.

• BBC: In the palace with the marines

US Marines – With the Marines in Baghdad.

• Washington Post: Marines Battle Their Way Toward Central Baghdad
• New York Times: River Is Crossed After a Day of Fierce Fighting

US Marines – With the Marines of Task Force Tarawa far south of Baghdad.

• New York Times: Two Marine Battalions Turn to Confront the Remnants of a Lurking Iraqi Division
• New York Times: Marines Ponder Reports of Iraqis’ Premature Surrender

Background – Strategy – A nice look at the different ways to seize a city – the U.S. way and the U.K. way.

• New York Times: Five Ways to Take a City

???NOSI is taking a short break, and will next be updated on Sunday. See you then!