RN’s shortcomings highlighted
Britain’s parliamentary Defence Committee has fired a broadside at the government, raising significant concerns about the future size and capabilities of the Royal Navy...
New US exchange program announced
Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) Commandant, Commodore Peter Leavy and Superintendent United States Naval Academy (USNA) Vice Admiral Sean Buck have signed a new...
Winner of the 2021 ANI Commodore Sam Bateman Book Prize
In its inaugural year, the Commodore Sam Bateman Book Prize has been contested by 11 highly distinguished pieces that promote the study and understanding...
A Navy Admiral’s Bronze Rules: Managing Risk and Leadership
A Navy Admiral’s Bronze Rules: Managing Risk and Leadership. By Rear Admiral Dave Oliver, USN, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 2021.
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Submarines and the capacity of the Public Service
By Benjamin Cherry-Smith*
The announcement of the AUKUS partnership and that Australia will be acquiring nuclear-powered submarines was presented as a “fait accompli.” There was...
Appear where you are not expected
By LCDR Chris Watson, RAN*
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review, 2019, Issue 2, in December 2019.
‘Ask a question’. Academician Lin Woong...
New leader for RN
The torch of Naval leadership today changed hands as Admiral Sir Ben Key became the UK's most senior sailor.
Aboard Nelson’s flagship Victory, he took...
99yo officer’s service celebrated
Michael Hickie is one of the last surviving submarine commanders who served in World War II. The Narrabeen resident has dived under ice floes...
Leaders of sub that ran aground fired
The leaders of a Navy submarine that struck an undersea mountain last month in the South China Sea were fired last week (Nov 2021),...
Sharpest minds to the submarine task
By Brendan Nicholson*
A multi-disciplinary taskforce is recruiting ‘Australia’s sharpest minds’ to tackle the herculean task of providing the Royal Australian Navy with eight nuclear-powered...