US Navy – A terrorist plot against the USS Carl Vinson while on port call at Changi Naval Base in Singapore was foiled by the Singapore government.

• United Press International: Terror Plot on U.S. Carrier Foiled

US Marines Corps – Why the MV-22 Osprey remains important to the US Marines, and how useful it would have been in Afghanistan.

• Los Angeles Times: Value of Grounded Osprey Aircraft Expected to Warrant Postwar Look
  

Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – The Japanese minesweeper Uraga has returned from its deployment to the Arabian Sea.

• Associated Press: Japanese warship returns home from war on terror in Afghanistan

US Navy – How the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt celebrated New Years.

• Associated Press: Sailors Ring in New Year on Carrier

US Navy – The life of a COD, a US Navy C-2 Greyhound Carrier Onboard Delivery plane.

• Los Angeles Times: Ungainly Bird Serves as U.S. Military Lifeline

US Navy – Aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt there is a multinational crew.

• Associated Press: A polyglot crew in the war on terrorism showcases multinational U.S. Navy

US Navy – The US Navy Chief of Naval Operations outlines his vision for where he wants the US Navy to go in the next few years.

• Virginian Pilot: CNO draws plan to boost buying of ships, planes
  

US Navy – Commanders of the Navy’s Pacific and Atlantic fleets have sent a message to supervisors warning them not to disclose future ship movements.

• Washington Times: Inside the Ring: Batten Hatches

Royal Australian Navy – An overview of the battle between the boat people who wish to emmigrate to Australia, and the government that wishes to keep them out, using its navy.

• Los Angeles Times: Bane of the Boat People

Israeli Navy – Israeli forces have seized a ship carrying weapons destined for the Palestinian Authority.

• BBC: Israel ‘seizes arms shipment’

US Navy – Maritime patrol aircraft from the US, UK, and France are conducting extensive reconnaissance flights over Somalia.

• Washington Times: U.S. plans bombings in Somalia
• Washington Post: Allies Step Up Somalia Watch

US Navy – The USS Theodore Roosevelt has been at sea for 106 days.

• Associated Press: Jet fighter with failed bomb release stopped from landing on carrier, ordered to land on airstrip

German Navy – A German task force has sailed to join the coalition task force in the Arabian Sea.

• Washington Post: German Navy Ships Set Off to Patrol

US Marines – Additional details on the recent Marine raid near Kandahar.

• Washington Post: Raid Finds Overlooked Al Qaeda Compound

Background – US Ports – The difficulties faced in trying to secure US ports from terrorist attacks.

• Washignton Post: Where Sea Meets Shore, Scenarios for Terrorists

US Marines – The US Marines have searched a compound used by Mullah Omar.

• CNN: Marines finish searching Taliban compound

US Navy – Aboard a US Navy P-3C keeping its eyes on possible routes of escape in the Arabian Sea.

• Los Angeles Times: U.S. Keeping an Eye on Possible Sea Escape Route

Background – Strategy – William Arkin commenting on how the strategy followed by U.S. policymakers undermined the objective of bringing Osama bin Laden and the Taliban top leaders to justice.

• Washington Post dot mil: The Unfinished War