Royal Marines – 3 Commando Brigade is heading home.

• Associated Press: British commandos head back to home and families

Canadian Navy – Canada needs to secure the sovereignty of the Northwest Passage.

• Toronto Star: Snowplow sinks sovereignty patrol

US Navy – The USS Harry S Truman battlegroup will head home soon.

• Virginian Pilot: Truman to return in May

NOSI will take a brief break until next Wednesday. Here is some weekend reading, in advance:

Background – Naval History – Maritime and naval history serve the needs of several ìaudiencesî in and around the Navy. However, the serviceís approach to naval history is ìdisjointed, sporadic, [and] inconsistent.î Despite various initiatives and widespread interest, the Navy lacks an integrated policy for employing naval history, and high-level interest will be required to make history the valuable resource it could and should be.

• Naval War College Review: The Uses of Maritime History in and for the Navy