US Navy – Aboard the USS Mount Whitney, off the Horn of Africa.

• Virginian Pilot: Almost seven months at sea and counting

Chinese Navy – China did not even know one of its submarines was missing???

• Daily Telegraph: Chinese navy did not know submarine was missing

NOSI will next be updated on Sunday. Until then, here are some extra articles to keep you occupied???

US Navy – The Navy is moving with “lightning speed” to design and build a fleet of up to 65 Littoral Combat Ships.

• Sea Power: Navy Plans to Develop Littloral Combat Ship Fleet with ‘Lightning Speed’

US Marines – The complexities and requirements involved in river crossings are explained.

• Marine Corps Gazette: Bridging the GapóThe Marine Corps Needs To Be Better Organized and Trained

Merchant Marine – What steps are being taken to protect US ports from terrorism.

• Sea Power: A Maritime Challenge of Staggering Dimensions

Background – Strategy – How Colonel John Boyd’s theory of Penetrate-Isolate-Subvert-Reorient-Reharmonize was used in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

• US Naval Institute Proceedings: Penetrate-Isolate-Subvert-Reorient-Reharmonize