The Cove Podcast
The Cove Podcast aims to explore all aspects of Professional Military Education within the Australian Army. From short tips and soldier's fives to interviews of Army personnel on operations, find out how the men and women of today's Australian Army work towards professional excellence.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 168
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Targeting the Future: the Army's Newest Brigade - BRIG Nick Wilson
‘We are at the cutting edge of making what we have work.’
In this week’s episode, we sit down with BRIG Nick Wilson, Commander of the Australian Army’s newest brigade, the 10th Fires Brigade. Having …
00:48:08 |
Sun 07 Sep 2025
Beyond Snake Bites: The Evolution of Army Physical Training - WO2 Tavis Nicholson
‘[W]e're not like a professional sporting team that our whole week is designed around that gameday on Saturday, [our] people are required to do their job day in, day out ...’
In this week’s episode,…
00:38:05 |
Sun 31 Aug 2025
Small Boats and Brave Men – Dr Tom Richardson PhD
‘[T]hat’s a brigade-sized amphibious operation planned and executed in a week …’
In this week’s episode, we dive into the Huon Peninsula Campaign of 1943–44 and examine how the Australian 9th Divis…
00:45:58 |
Sun 24 Aug 2025
Getting Real: Learning from Feedback and Failure - WOFF Ken Robertson
‘[T]he best piece of advice I've had in years past is that if it hurts a little ... there's probably a fair element of truth to it...’
In this week’s episode, we explore how to seek feedback and tur…
01:01:04 |
Sun 17 Aug 2025
Talisman Sabre – SQNLDR Zac Smit
‘The scale of Talisman Sabre from a geographic perspective is difficult to comprehend and, in some cases, it can be quite difficult to describe.’
In this week’s episode, we talk through all things …
00:48:27 |
Sun 10 Aug 2025
Combat Experimentation – LTCOL Jake Penley
‘The way that we designed the Battle Group was on platform and systems of uncrewed and crewed variants that are theoretically attainable within the next two years ...’
In this week’s episode, we ta…
01:05:22 |
Sun 03 Aug 2025
The Training System – WO1 Brad Doyle & WO1 Mick Reyne
‘[On] basic para-course… you must be consciously competent … because you're the only person who is going to pull the reserve handle if there is a malfunction at that stage.’ This week’s episode is ce…
00:38:45 |
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Supporting Army Helicopters – CAPT Shannon McGee and FSGT Jason Smart
'Watching those aircraft take off ... and knowing that you are part of that success, part of that story, there's not many better feelings.’ In this week’s episode, we talk about the challenges and op…
00:41:51 |
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Recon by Fire – CPL Andrew Noseda
‘We are never going to be combat ineffective because of atmospherics... we can work in the rain, we can work in the mud, and we can work in the jungle.’ In this week’s episode, we talk all things inf…
00:56:29 |
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Tactical Communications – CAPT Jack Virtue
‘There are a number of things to [jamming] and I don’t think we necessarily train it well because it’s a very complex concept.’ In this week’s episode, we talk all things tactical communications or m…
00:38:32 |
Sun 06 Jul 2025
Junior Leadership – CPL Mitchell Clark
‘I was always the digger that had slightly out of regs hair, my sunnies fit so nicely on my head so why wouldn’t I put them there and I obviously love non-issued gear ...’ In this week’s episode, the…
00:46:29 |
Sun 29 Jun 2025
Adapting to the Threat – LTCOL James Ellis-Smith
‘The reason [the adaptation] is so quick is because they’re being pressed by a very capable adversary.’ In this week’s episode, we shift focus to how Ukraine and Russia are adapting to the threat as …
01:03:49 |
Sun 22 Jun 2025
Lift Helicopters in Modern Conflict – CAPT Mac Purbrick
‘The guys are firing in bursts, but you can put a significant rate of fire down to allow us to extricate ourselves from a situation ...’ In this week’s episode, we are joined by a CH-47 Chinook helic…
00:55:22 |
Sun 15 Jun 2025
Tensions in Kashmir - Dr Ashok Sharma PhD
‘Strategically, Kashmir offers high altitude military advantage and critical water sources. Emotionally, it invokes pride, pain and nationalism on both sides.’ In this week’s episode, we talk about t…
00:52:57 |
Mon 09 Jun 2025
The Turning Point - LTCOL Steve Young
‘Morale in the face of steel doesn’t always work.’ In this week’s episode, we take off from where we left off with the Bombing of Darwin and the Sparrow Force’s work in Timor combating the Japanese a…
00:58:09 |
Sun 01 Jun 2025
Reserve Integration - CPL Mitchell Clark
‘Mobilising the Reserve provides the Regular Army with a relatively quick solution for plugging manpower gaps and also the means to prime the pump.’ In this week’s episode, the creator of the popular…
00:39:54 |
Sun 25 May 2025
Ready, or Not: Leading Troops in a Violent Peace – COL John Papalitsas
‘So, a fistfight ensues a couple of meters inside East Timor and the situation deteriorates very quickly.’ In this week’s episode, we talk through what it is like to deploy with no notice and little …
01:22:31 |
Sun 18 May 2025
The Battle for Dili Aerodrome – MAJ Guy Warnock
‘You think your whole life is going to flash before your eyes but I couldn’t think of anything.’ In this week’s episode, we continue with the defence of the Dili Aerodrome, using 2/2 Independent Comm…
00:53:25 |
Sun 11 May 2025
Sparrow Force - MAJ Guy Warnock
‘Tough men wanted for tough missions.’ In this week’s episode, we continue with the island of Timor but go back to WWII, using Sparrow Force as a case study to examine a small Australian force going …
00:40:13 |
Sun 04 May 2025
Tuesday Night Violence Co. - CPL Mitchell Clark
‘I taught 11,000 people how to put up a stretcher.’ In this week’s episode, the creator of the popular Instagram page Tuesday Night Violence Co. joins us to talk through equipment and gear setup. The…
00:56:46 |
Sun 27 Apr 2025
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