1.   Marines will be landing from several San Diego-based ships, led by the amphibious assault ships Tarawa and Peleliu.

2.   Ross previously was assigned as executive officer of the amphibious assault ship Essex.

3.   The amphibious assault ship Peleliu will lead the ready group, which includes the Juneau and Comstock.

4.   The US assault ship Wasp would operate from Kismayu.

5.   An Associated Press reporter allowed aboard the Peleliu, an amphibious assault ship, reported on Saturday that Marine jump-jets had staged their first airstrikes against Afghanistan.

6.   All aircraft made it back to the assault ship without casualties.

7.   Five others are being held aboard an amphibious assault ship in the northern Arabian Sea.

8.   He is now in the brig aboard the Peleliu, an amphibious assault ship.

9.   Many of those operations were coordinated by the Marine Corps, which maintains combat-ready forces aboard amphibious assault ships around the world.

10.   On Friday, the government said that Walker had been transferred from Afghanistan to the Peleliu, a helicopter assault ship.