Marine Corps Gazette - Assistance for a fledgling Marine organization.

Virginian Pilot - The Iraqi navy’s main goal is to protect the country's oil terminals. U.S. and coalition forces now protect the rigs against attacks by terrorists and smugglers.

Sea Power - The Iraqi Navy is making a comeback as a viable force in the Persian Gulf.

Sea Power - Nations cooperate to patrol Persian Gulf waters as Iraqi Navy trains to assume security responsibility.

Washington Times - The new Iraqi navy, reformed only two years ago after its destruction during 12 years of war and sanctions, has begun conducting independent patrols as part of the multinational effort to protect Iraq's offshore oil platforms and its ports of Umm Qasr and Khawr Al Zubayr.