GET YOUR WAR ON: Mobilization news here and here.

One non-technical detail:

In an unusual move, the Marine Corps this week barred virtually all marines from leaving the service. The order, the first service-wide freeze on discharges since the Persian Gulf war, prohibits the nearly 175,000 active-duty marines and tens of thousands of reservists from leaving or changing assignments, starting Jan. 15.

Here for more on the policy/politics of it.

Read The Rest Scale: if you're interested in some details, and numbers, of unit and ship deployments. This is the Real Deal, or at least, the preparation for it.