US Navy – The USS Boxer returns from a deployment to the Persian Gulf.

• San Diego Union Tribune: Amphibious assault ship Boxer returns from Mideast

US Marines – The Marines are about to deploy a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Iraq, the Silver Fox.

• Copley News Service: Marines slated to get new unmanned planes

US Marines – The latest from Fallujah.

• Washington Post: ‘We Won’: Fallujah Rejoices in Withdrawal

US Navy – Naval news from around the defense industry.

• Sea Power: NASSCO Nets Contract for Two Additional T-AKE Ships

US Navy – It has been, since Vietnam, conventional wisdom that the American public will not accept military casualties. There is, however, no evidence that the public is intrinsically casualty averse. It is a myth that distorts policy making and execution, and it is a issue that in itself has no place in professional military advice and judgment.

• US Naval War College Review: The Casualty-Aversion Myth