The chronological trawl through the Journal of Australian Naval Institute has reached 2003 and this March is the 23rd anniversary of the commencement of the Iraq War. As with the Journal coverage of the Gulf War, ANI members who played key roles in the conflicts provided the publication with first-hand accounts for its readers.
This week From the ANI Archive reproduces the then Captain Peter Jones’s first of two edited articles he wrote on his experiences as the commander of the Maritime Interception Force during Operation Slipper.