Soldiers receive final instructions before boarding the aircraft in the helocast poncho raft swim in phase two of the 2009 Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri, April 20, 2009. Best Sapper gives engineers throughout the Army the opportunity to compete in a grueling six phase competition to determine who are the best engineers in the Army. DoD photo by Benjamin FaskeMILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
Australia: White paper orders huge military build-up -- The Australian
SAS to expand in army shake-up -- Times Online
ISR leader shares future of intelligence field -- Defense Talk
Coast Guard Stressing Global Anti-piracy Strategy -- HS Today
April a Record Month for Modern Piracy -- Information Dissemination
Timeline of North Korea's Nuclear, Missile Programs -- FOX News
Japanese Helicopter Carrier Commissioned -- New Wars
First Phase Of US Army Ground Soldier Ensemble Program Begins -- Space War
Cyber Security: America The Poorly Defended -- Strategy Page
Air Force Turns a Corner -- War Is Boring
U.K. F-35 Future Uncertain -- Worldwide War Pigs
A Laser Phalanx? -- Defense Industry Daily
Phalanx CIWS: The Last Defense, On Ship and Ashore -- Defense Industry Daily
Divorce, Pentagon Style -- DoD Buzz
Army Rolling Out New Anti-suicide Plan -- Military.com
Hybrid Airship for Afghanistan ISR? -- Aviation Week