A mariners-first principle
Mariners first: rebuilding Australia’s navy for war at sea
By Jennifer Parker*
The Royal Australian Navy’s greatest challenge isn’t introducing nuclear submarines and considerably expanding the...
S Pacific: responsibility not influence
The Southern Seas: A Sphere of Responsibility, Not Influence
By CMDR Paul Pelczar, OAM RAN*
I recall reading Kon-Tiki in my childhood as a great adventure story, oblivious...
US Navy ups physical fitness tests
The Navy unveiled its new physical fitness assessment cycle on Tuesday, requiring sailors to undergo two PFAs per calendar year, in line with orders...
King stresses leadership to graduates
The following is the King's speech to BRNC passing out parade at Dartmouth on 19 December 2025:
Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to be...
US Navy’s Latin American chief quits
A U.S. Navy admiral who oversees military operations in Latin America handed off command responsibilities Friday as scrutiny increases over the Trump administration’s deadly...
ASIO warns defence industry
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is warning Australia’s defence industry that foreign intelligence services are aggressively targeting the sector and that industry should...
ANI at 50: Sea Command
In 2002 in successive editions of the Journal of the Australian Naval Institute there were articles about sea command. The first, appearing in the...
The real threat to Australia
By Clive Williams*
Unlike Ukraine or Taiwan, Australia faces no threat of large-scale invasion. No regional power currently has, or is likely to develop in...
Dealing with lick-up, kick-down ‘leaders’
The First Sea Lord, head of the Royal Navy, recently stated that he has an issue with the way the Service chooses its leaders....
Women’s maritime leadership scholarships
Women & Leadership Australia has a new round of leadership-development scholarships for women in the Maritime & Marine Industry. The scholarships valued between $700...