US Marines – Will the USS Iwo Jima amphibious ready group be sent for peacekeeping in Liberia?

• CNN: Pentagon ponders Marines in Liberia

US Navy – The USS Ronald Reagan prepares to be commissioned.

• Virginian Pilot: From stem to stern, the carrier Ronald Reagan is ready

US Navy – An interview with Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski, who is known in Washington as the Pentagon’s transformation czar.

• SeaPower: Champion of “A New American Way of War”

Background – Middle East – A look at the new commander of the US Central Command.

• BBC: Profile: John Abizaid

Background – 4th Generation Warfare – William Lind on how the US is not prepared to wage 4th Generation Warfare.

• San Francisco Chronicle: The military game has changed, and the U.S. isn’t ready