From the ANI Archive: 1920s RAN pilot training
Within the pages of the Headmark journal are historical articles about little covered areas of the RAN’s history. A fine example of this is...
From the ANI Archives: Semaphore
In the mid-2000s the Headmark journal started to reproduce old photographs of the RAN to illustrate how the Navy had changed. The Spring 2007...
From the ANI Archives: Handling Ships in Heavy Weather
From its outset the ANI sought to promote the professional development within the service. One of the central pillars is seamanship. In the Autumn...
From the ANI Archives: Energy Security
The 2026 Iranian War has once more highlighted both the importance to and vulnerability of petroleum products to Australia. This issue was canvassed by...
From the ANI Archives – Attack on USS Firebolt
Following the overthrow of President Saddam Hussein in the 2003 Iraq War, the focus of naval forces in the north Arabian Gulf (NAG) was...
From the ANI Archives: Relevance of Strategists
One of the perennial questions for naval officers and policy makers is how relevant are the teachings of the classic naval strategists to the...
From the ANI Archive: Operation Sumatra Assist
One of the most significant ADF peacetime disaster relief operations was its response to Boxing Day 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It is estimated nearly...
From the ANI Archives: Young Turks 2
In 1976 the ANI published A 1976 Vision of the RAN. This was reprinted on the website by the ANI at 50 on 14...
From the ANI Archive – Technology & Strategy
The relationship between technology and maritime strategy has been a common thread running through many articles that appeared in the Journal of the Australian...
From the ANI Archives: ADM Hudson – an assessment
Admiral Michael Hudson was one of the most influential naval figures for the RAN in the late 20th century. On his passing in 2005,...