Malaysian Navy – A new training ship will be build by the Malaysian Navy.

• The Star: Second training ship for navy

US Navy – Aboard the USNS Comfort.

• Virginian Pilot: War brings out wide-ranging skills of personnel

US Marines – Tales from an embedded reporter with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines.

• Washington Times: War diary: Tales from the front

US Marines – Downtime is bad time for these Marines.

• Virginian Pilot: War-tempered Marines find downtime is no good time

US Marines – To get to Baghdad, the marines of the Third Battalion fought the old-fashioned way ó by shooting as many of the enemy as they could. Their victims weren’t all soldiers.

• New York Times Magazine: ‘Good Kills’

Background – Strategy – Ralph Peters reviews what were the key decisions made in the war by the U.S.

• New York Post: The Key Decisions