US Navy to make all sailors reaffirm oath
When the US Navy holds its daylong stand-downs to address the extremist ideologies that leaders say have infiltrated the military ranks, sailors across the...
Chagos silence undermines rules-based system
By Benjamin Herscovitch*
Australia’s defence of the rules-based international order is based on enlightened self-interest. As the 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper made plain: “We...
RN to increase global naval presence
The Royal Navy aims to increase the number of naval units deployed around the world, according to Vice-Admiral Jerry Kyd, Commander of the United...
UAE’s large diver-delivery contract
UAE based Armacraft, a developer and builder of composite patrol vessels, have signed a substantial order for its new Trident (submersible high-speed diver delivery...
China’s dangerous new coast guard law
By Ryan D. Martinson*
Since its October release in draft form, China’s new coastguard law has been the subject of dozens of news reports and...
A half century of changing naval culture
The following is the Australian White Ensign Oration at the Naval Officers Club Mess Dinner. Royal Automobile Club - 26 February 2021, by Lieutenant Commander Desmond...
RAN takes five fire trucks to PNG
Five fire trucks are on the way to Papua New Guinea (PNG) on board HMAS Choules after being donated by the Queensland Fire and...
Diego Garcia, the US and rules-based order
By Blake Herzinger*
In remarks delivered at the US State Department in early February, President Joe Biden championed the rule of law as part of...
Soviet naval strategy: a template for China?
By James Goldrick*
In 1976, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei Georgyevich Gorshkov published his exposition of Soviet maritime strategy under the...
RN in big Mid-East drug swoop
Drugs worth £11m will never reach the streets – or fund terrorist activities – after the Royal Navy swooped on traffickers twice in two...