Canadian Navy – Canada is reducing its naval committment to the Gulf.

• Globe and Mail: Canada recalls one of three warships in Gulf

Indian Navy – The US will send a nuclear attack submarine to exercise with India.

• The Statesman: Nuke vessel to join Indo-US seagames

US Marines – US Marines are operating inside Kenya, hunting for terrorists.

• Washington Post: Marines Comb Borders As Worries Rise in Kenya

Background – Naval Strategy – Certain classic functions of navies have disappeared (for the time being at least), others have changed, and a few new ones have emerged. In the new conditions, navies at war will strive to make sure that friendly ships and aircraft can get where they are needed when they are needed, and that those of the enemy cannot do these things. Furthermore, as occasion demands, navies will land forces, when possible in friendly ports, if necessary on or over hostile shores, and support them then and thereafter with fire and logistics.

• Naval War College Review: Fighting at and from the Sea