ANI at 50: The OPC Project
Prior to this year’s commissioning of the offshore patrol vessel HMAS Arafura, the RAN had an earlier attempt at such a vessel. It was...
ANI at 50: Shiphandling Corner at Frederick Reef
Over the years Shiphandling Corner in the Journal of the Australian Naval Institute, offered cautionary navigation tales. In the July edition 1995 was a...
ANI 50th anniversary special gin
To commemorate the Australian Naval Institute's 50th Anniversary, the ANI has commissioned an exclusive commemorative London Dry Gin, crafted in partnership with Hold Fast...
ANI at 50: Old Wine in New Bottles
In the May 1995 edition of the Journal of the Australian Naval Institute Commodore Sam Bateman entered the discussion about an appropriate maritime strategy...
ANI at 50: Two Ocean Basing
Many of younger ANI members would find it hard conceive of a RAN without half of its major surface fleet based on the west...
The ANI at 50: The Grey Ferrari
One of the reasons for the creation of the ANI was to provide an institute to advance Australia’s naval profession. To that end some...
The ANI at 50: Curtin’s maritime strategy
For much of the 20th Century, Australia’s broad approach to its maritime security was to align with, and support the preeminant naval power, first...
ANI at 50: The RAN & New World Order
The collapse of the Soviet Union and with it the end of the Cold War led President George H.W. Bush to revive President Woodrow...
ANI at 50: Gulf War Part 2
The second paper reproduced from the ANI seminar “Maritime Power and its Place in the New World Order” held at HMAS Watson on 16...
The ANI at 50: The Gulf War
The 1990 Gulf War was the first conflict involving the RAN in a generation. As such its effects rippled through the service in terms...