Biggest ADF recruitment in 15 years
On 4 August the Department of Defence announced that new figures show the the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has grown by more than 1,800...
Interview with Austal founder John Rothwell AO
This is an interview with John Rothwell the founder of Austal – a $2 Billion dollar company that has built 350 ships worldwide. He...
Defence emblems reflect reign of King Charles III
The Department of Defence has begun updating digital images, brand marks and logos bearing Queen Elizabeth II’s St Edward’s Crown after service chiefs approved...
CNO Nominee – Admiral Daryl Caudle
The hearings to examine President Trump’s nomination of Admiral Daryl L. Caudle, USN to be US Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations will be held...
Nominee withdrawn from key US Navy post
The Pentagon has pulled back the White House’s nominee to lead U.S. 7th fleet, officials confirmed to USNI News.
Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly, current head...
Former RN boss sacked
Sir Ben Key, the former head of the Royal Navy, will lose his rank but keep his pension, according to the MOD. The service...
International action needed for nation lost at sea
By Sheridan Ward*
What happens when a country ceases to exist? Where do its people go, who no longer have a citizenship to protect them?...
Defence Minister addresses Defending Australia 2025
"China's conventional military build-up is the most significant military build-up that we have seen – conventional military build-up – that we have seen since...
ANI at 50: Command & Leadership
Unlike the US Naval Institute Proceedings there are remarkably few articles in the Journal of the Australian Naval Institute on command and leadership. One...
Time to reinvigorate failing Pillar II
By Peter J. Dean and Alice Nason*
Almost four years on from the launch of the trilateral AUKUS pact, the partners’ Pillar II advanced capabilities...