Royal Air Force – Nimrod maritme patrol aircraft are being used for overland surveillance in Iraq.

• The Herald: Nimrods spy on the roadside bombers

Royal Navy – More design changes to the Royal Navy’s new carriers.

• Daily Telegraph: A Forth Bridge too far for Navy’s new carriers

French Navy – More on the exercises between the French and Chinese navies.

• Financial Times: France joins China in naval exercises as Taiwan prepares to go to the polls

US Navy – The USS Kitty Hawk battlegroup is exercising off of Korea.

• Xinhua: US aircraft carrier arrives S.Korea for joint military

US Navy – Will the 6th Fleet help provide security for the Olympic Games?

• Associated Press: U.S. Sixth Fleet commander visits Athens as Greece boosts Olympic security

US Marines – The Marines begin nation building in Haiti.

• Reuters:
  Marines Begin Battle for Hearts in Haiti

US Marines – Mines and IEDs in expeditionary maneuver warfare environments: obstacles or nuisances? Fixing MAGTF mine countermeasures is essential.

• Marine Corps Gazette: Movement and Maneuver of MAGTFs in Mine Environments: Gordian Knot or Not?