US Navy – Most of the Atlantic Fleet will spend Christmas in port.

• Virginian Pilot: Holidays find most Navy ships docked

US Navy – An early draft of a study by the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute plays down the significance of speed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and says the effort did not necessarily illustrate that “jointness” is a precondition for a low-casualty win.

• Sea Power: Speed, “Jointness” Not Seen as Key Elements of U.S. Win