The Defense Department is directing the Army to hand over to U.S. Special Operations Command five high-speed ships to ferry troops and equipment, according to Pentagon officials. A Dec. 1 draft budget memo -- program decision memorandum 1 -- spelling out key decisions in the Pentagon's fiscal year 2007 budget request directs the transfer of the ships, to be paid for by the Army, to Special Operations Command, according to a source familiar with the document. The ships would be...
