German Navy – A German task force is being withdrawn from terrorism patrol in the Strait of Gibraltar because it has little to do.

• Agence France-Presse: Germany withdraws ships on anti-terror patrol off Gibraltar

US Marines – With the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit about the USS Peleliu, off of the Horn of Africa.

• San Diego Union Tribune: Strike group flexible, but in harm’s way

Royal Navy – A preview of the upcoming Defence White Paper, which will call for more expeditionary forces.

• BBC: UK military faces major overhaul
• Daily Telegraph: Britain needs more rapid strike forces, says defence chief

Royal Navy – HMS Glasgow is exercising off of Africa.

• Ghanaian Chronicle: British Gov’t Will Protect Ghana From Coups

Background – Iraq – An interesting look at the divide that exists between the units in the field and the rear echelon troops in Iraq. The article opines that the Coalition Provisional Authority is essentially useless???

• New York Times: A Million Miles From the Green Zone to the Front Lines

Background – Iraq – A closer look at the intelligence controversy in the UK regarding Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction.

• The New Yorker: The Scientist and the Prime Minister