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Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan sends another supply ship, Tokiwa, to aid coalition ships in the Gulf.

• Japan Today: MSDF ship leaves for Arabian Sea on supply mission

Royal Australian Navy – HMAS Manoora returns home from the Solomons.

• ABC: Australia decreasing military forces in Solomons

US Army – The US Army continues to procure high speed vessels.

• Virginian Pilot: Fort Eustis likely will get speedy new Army ship

US Navy – The Navy and Marine Corps are in the midst of an intense analytical process to determine the range of capabilities expected of their next generation of maritime prepositioning force ships. The Navy anticipates that its analysis of alternatives–a report of possible options–for its Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future) vessels will be complete in January 2004. The results likely will provide more than just answers to the future of MPF(F); they are apt to reveal the direction the Navy plans to take with its joint command-and-control capabilities.

• Sea Power: Navy Mulls Communications Role for Maritime Ships