Vice Admiral Mead receives US Legion of Merit
On 8 February Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, the inaugural Director-General of the Australian Submarine Agency was made a Commander of the US Legion of...
Mental health threat to recruitment
By Patrick Cooney*
As it prepares Australia to defend itself in a contested region, the ADF has put the call out to young people to...
New trades training for Army and Navy
In a move to bolster the technical prowess of its personnel, Navy and Army have introduced a state-of-the-art joint technical trades training system (JTTTS)....
Boosting Pacific defence diplomacy
By Joanne Wallis, Quentin Hanich and Michael Rose*
Defence diplomacy, the peaceful use of defence resources to pursue foreign and strategic policy objectives, is generally viewed...
Medical ‘truth’ hurts recruitment
The annals of U.S. military valor feature scores of heroes who concealed part of their medical history to serve their country. Recent changes are...
RAN’s workforce pressures
By Jennifer Parker*
The Government, and many others, have described the grim parallels between Australia’s present strategic circumstances and those leading up to World War...
ANI President congratulated on AM
The Councillors and Secretariat of the ANI congratulate the Institute’s President Commodore Peter Leavy AM CSM RAN, on his being made a Member of...
RAN personnel recognised in Australia Day honours
Twenty-two RAN men and women were recognised in Australia Day Honours List. They were:
Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
Rear Admiral Matthew Paul...
CO of US submarine removed
The commander of an East Coast nuclear guided-missile submarine was removed from command last week, the U.S. Navy announced, US Naval Institute news reports....
China hosts Western Pacific Naval Symposium Workshop 2024
On 16 January the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) Workshop 2024 commenced in Nanjing which is hosted by the Chinese PLA Navy (PLA-N) and...