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
From Swanbourne to Dili – MAJ Guy Warnock
‘Language leads to culture and then culture leads to understanding.’ In this week’s episode, we talk through what it would be like to deploy to a pacific or southeast Asian nation using Timor as our …
00:49:51 |
Sun 13 Apr 2025
Special Operations: Mindset for Selection and Beyond – SOCOMD Psychologists Mel & Georgia
Serving in Special Operations Command (SOCOMD) is an aspiration for many and attainable for some. It is a popular choice for ADF members seeking to take their career to the next level and civilians w…
00:53:18 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Warrior Culture – MAJGEN Chris Smith
‘Nations that win wars are those that subjugate the individual for the team or more importantly the cause for which you are fighting.’ In this week’s episode, we sit down with the Deputy Chief of Arm…
01:01:43 |
Sun 30 Mar 2025
When the Peace Ends: 12 Months as a UN Observer – MAJ Mick Evans and CAPT Rhys Turner
‘You can’t discern where [the rockets were] actually landing and by night, the noise is enveloping.’ In this week’s episode, we talk about the conflict in Israel, Lebanon and Syria with two people th…
01:22:43 |
Sun 23 Mar 2025
Fighting Fit – LTCOL Gordon Wing MBBS
‘You don’t need to be dead to sell life insurance.’ In this week’s episode, we talk about how to look after yourself and those that you command. Our guest this week is the Senior Medical Officer (SMO…
00:53:19 |
Sun 16 Mar 2025
Australia's Pearl Harbour - LTCOL Steve Young
‘The warning time that they thought they had completely evaporated in a moment.’ In this week’s episode, we take off from where we left off with Lark Force in Rabaul, New Guinea as the Allies continu…
00:46:48 |
Sun 09 Mar 2025
Special Operations: Fuelled for Success During Selection - MAJ Angela Uphill PhD
Serving in Special Operations Command (SOCOMD) is an aspiration for many and attainable for some. It is a popular choice for ADF members seeking to take their career to the next level and civilians w…
00:55:38 |
Sun 02 Mar 2025
Ethics in Future Land Warfare - CHAP Joshua Bouzanquet, CAPT Matthew Malcolm and WO2 Tony Campbell
'With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we can now expect Large Scale Combat in Future Warfare' CAPT Malcolm delves into what we might expect with LSC being one of the main strategies of integrated deter…
00:47:43 |
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Recruit Instructing - CPL Jade Numans
‘[A] recruit instructor is … the first point of contact really, for a soldier’s journey’. CPL Numans explains that your main role as an instructor is to train your section of recruits in all the basi…
00:46:44 |
Sun 16 Feb 2025
Close Air Support - OC JTAC Troop and a Fighter Combat Instructor
'Black Dagger is our activity that gives JTACs the exposure they need to drop live ordinance in close proximity to friendlies.' In the first joint podcast between The Cove Podcast and Hangar 46, we h…
00:55:01 |
Sun 09 Feb 2025
Invasion Rabaul - LTCOL Steve Young
‘It is really important to look at our defeats’. LTCOL Young explains that Rabaul is potentially one of the most shameful episodes of Australian marshal history. In 1942 The Australian War Cabinet de…
00:52:14 |
Sun 02 Feb 2025
Ethical Decision Making - CHAP Joshua Bouzanquet and WO2 Tony Campbell
‘We need to have the ability [and] confidence in ourselves … that we are making ethical decisions’. Today’s episode is on Ethical Decision Making, and with this quote, WO2 Campbell explains that the …
00:46:34 |
Sun 26 Jan 2025
Recruiting - LTCOL Trevor Watson
‘Change is never easy’. Today’s episode is on Recruiting, and this quote underpins the challenges we all face when transitioning into the ADF workforce. Meaningful change takes time, patience and com…
00:44:13 |
Sun 19 Jan 2025
Project Convergence - LTCOL Tommy Gains
‘They call it trading steel for blood’. Welcome back to the 2025 season of The Cove Podcast. Our first episode this year is on Project Convergence.
Project Convergence is not a command post exercise,…
00:44:00 |
Sun 12 Jan 2025
The Royal Military College - LTCOL Brian Hickey
LTCOL Brian Hickey is the current Commanding Officer of the Royal Military College - Duntroon (RMC-D) and he is in-charge of the current 12-month Officer Commissioning Program trial.
Royal Military C…
00:49:38 |
Mon 16 Dec 2024
The Japanese Thrust – LTCOL Steve Young
‘History offers us examples of when deterrence has failed but there is still a requirement to deny’. In this week’s episode, we delve into Australia's National Defence Strategy and explore how the co…
00:42:51 |
Sun 08 Dec 2024
Special Operations: Physically Optimised for Selection – PTIs Kampo & Ben
Serving in Special Operations Command (SOCOMD) is an aspiration for many and attainable for some. It is a popular choice for ADF members seeking to take their career to the next level and civilians w…
00:44:28 |
Sun 01 Dec 2024
Special Operations: Becoming Part of The Command - OC Selection Wing
Serving in Special Operations Command (SOCOMD) is an aspiration for many and attainable for some. It is a popular choice for ADF members seeking to take their career to the next level and civilians w…
00:43:42 |
Sun 24 Nov 2024
Decision Making and the Planning Process - MAJGEN Chris Smith
In this thought-provoking episode of The Cove Podcast, we sit down with Deputy Chief of Army, MAJGEN Chris Smith, to discuss what war would look like and the vital role of human decision-making in mi…
00:43:09 |
Sun 17 Nov 2024
Age in War - LTCOL Steve Young
In this week's episode, we sit down with our regular co-host LTCOL Steve Young to explore the challenging realities of age in war. Drawing on historical context, we delve into the physical and psycho…
00:38:11 |
Sun 10 Nov 2024
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