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The Cove Podcast

The Cove Podcast brings you candid, unfiltered conversations with the leaders, soldiers, and scholars shaping the Australian Army today. Each week, our host CAPT Todd Lempa sits down with uniformed officers and soldiers leading the change in the Australian Army as well as academics and international partners to unpack what modern warfare demands. From redefining leadership and resilience in the modern Army to exploring lessons from combat operations, command culture, human performance, and the

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82:43

When the Peace Ends: 12 Months as a UN Observer – MAJ...

The Cove Podcast ·

2025/03/23

‘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 that were on the ground on October 7th, 2023. Our guests – MAJ Mick Evans and CAPT Rhys Turner – talk us through their deployment on OPERATION PALADIN and what it was like being there when thousands of rockets started flying.OPERATION PALADIN is the Australian Defence Force support to the UN Truce

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53:19

Fighting Fit – LTCOL Gordon Wing MBBS

The Cove Podcast ·

2025/03/16

‘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) for the Directorate of Army Health – LTCOL Gordon Wing MBBS – who was an infantry officer who deployed to East Timor as a Company Second-in-Command, to the Solomon Islands as an Adjutant and to Afghanistan as a Combat Team Commander and then chose to follow a life-long dream of becoming a doctor. On

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55:38

Special Operations: Fuelled for Success During...

The Cove Podcast ·

2025/03/02

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 wanting more out of life than a trade or corporate job can offer. Recruiting is underway to identify the next generation of Special Forces Operators, Engineers, Signallers, Medics and Enablers. Depending on the role, some candidates participate in the Special Forces Selection Course (SFSC) – one of the

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47:43

Ethics in Future Land Warfare - CHAP Joshua...

The Cove Podcast ·

2025/02/23

'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 deterrence. This brings together Allies, Partners and Industry to achieve the desired effect; we must think beyond the land domain and even outside of Army or the military, as we are now working as part of an integrated force. He also explains that with new developments in technology (automated systems, AI

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55:01

Close Air Support - OC JTAC Troop and a Fighter...

The Cove Podcast ·

2025/02/09

“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 host CAPT Craig Hogendyk (OC JTAC Troop) and Pete (a Fighter Combat Instructor at 1 Sqn, RAAF) to discuss all things Close Air Support (CAS).We discuss how to become a Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) or a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC), explain the training pipeline and how each role is employed at

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52:14

Invasion Rabaul - LTCOL Steve Young

The Cove Podcast ·

2025/02/02

‘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 decided not to provide any further reinforcements to the Malayan barrier, leaving the garrisons at Ambon, Timor and Rabaul totally alone with no evacuation plan. This set the conditions for command.COL Scanlan was the commanding officer of Lark Force during the Battle of Rabaul. With limited resources at

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44:00

Project Convergence - LTCOL Tommy Gains

The Cove Podcast ·

2025/01/12

LTCOL Tommy Gains is the SO1 of the Operations Research Analysis team for Army, and he joins us today to help explain the difference between Project Convergence and other projects that Army contributes to, particularly with regards to Land Warfare.As a combat engineer, LTCOL Gains was fortunate to have been posted to the US Marine Corp Warfighting Lab in Quantico in 2021-2022, where he saw how they take concepts and tools and progress these to fully fledged Force Design Recommendations, Structures

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43:42

Special Operations: Becoming Part of The Command - OC...

The Cove Podcast ·

2024/11/24

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 wanting more out of life than a trade or corporate job can offer.Recruiting is underway to identify the next generation of Special Forces Operators, Engineers, Signallers, Medics and Enablers. Depending on the role, some candidates participate in the Special Forces Selection Course (SFSC) – one of the

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43:09

Decision Making and the Planning Process - MAJGEN...

The Cove Podcast ·

2024/11/17

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 military operations. MAJGEN Chris Smith challenges the notion that technology and machine learning will replace the instincts and experiences of commanders. Drawing on historical examples like the Battle of Crete during WWII, he argues that while information is crucial, it is action—and the ability to

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61:04

The Future of Land Warfare - Dr Jack Watling

The Cove Podcast ·

2024/10/27

Dr Jack Watling wrote a book in the back of an armoured vehicle in Ukraine while watching technology be employed for the first time on the front-line. Starting life as a journalist and now an academic, his book titled The Arms of The Future is centred on the future of land warfare. In this week’s episode of The Cove Podcast, Jack argues that we are shifting from mechanised to informatised warfare, he flips the current Army structure on its head and explains how challenging it is to fight in

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47:43

Mobilising through History - LTCOL Steve Young

The Cove Podcast ·

2024/10/20

On this week's episode of The Cove Podcast, our new host CAPT Todd Lempa invites LTCOL Steve Young to discuss the difficulty of mobilisation in large scale combat. We discuss the need for reinforcement, the importance of leaving your best soldiers out-of-battle and the conditions that led to the Australian Army to peak at 476,000 personnel in 1943. LTCOL Young uses his passion for history to explain our current strategic challenges using historical case-studies, including how we have expanded

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27:19

Safeguarding Australia's Military Secrets

The Cove Podcast ·

2024/08/07

Since 6 May 2024, Part IXAA of the Defence Act 1903 Safeguarding Australia’s Military Secrets (SAMS) requires certain individuals, notably former Defence personnel, to obtain foreign work authorisation (FWA) before working for a foreign military or foreign government body or providing training to a foreign military or government body that is related to Part 1 of the Defence and Strategic Goods List, or military tactics, techniques and procedures.The new law is not intended to limit individuals

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45:49

Adapting Army | Adapting 2nd Division - MAJGEN David...

The Cove Podcast ·

2024/07/31

2nd Division has a clear role: protect Australia.In 2022 the Division was raised as an independent functional command to increase Army’s responsiveness, resilience and ability to scale to support the integrated force. Comprised of predominantly part-time personnel – the Division is leveraging the diverse expertise of the reserve workforce and exploring opportunities to increase preparedness through a new focused training model. Defending Australia and protecting our national interests is an

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60:58

Adapting Army | Space Command - GPCAPT Steve Henry,...

The Cove Podcast ·

2024/07/12

Have you ever considered the importance of Space in the context of Defence?From communications to traffic management – entire systems and societies are reliant on space. Losing access to space has the potential to impose significant military consequences with Army, Navy and Air Force reliant on space-based communications, intelligence and navigation. Space Command was formed in early 2022 to prepare space power to secure Australia’s interests in competition and conflict. Space Command is only in

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27:13

Building Trust

The Cove Podcast ·

2024/06/27

Trust is foundation of everything we do in the profession of arms. Trust within teams, trust up and down the chain of command, and importantly the trust placed in us by the Australian people. In this episode, listen as SO1 Cove LTCOL Johnson interviews four leaders - Commander 3rd Brigade BRIG Dave McCammon, Health Officer CAPT Rachael O'Sullivan, and 3 Bde JNCOs CPL Connor Dawson and LCPL Che Morris, on the importance of trust and generating trust as a leader at all levels.

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62:06

Adapting Army | Land Force Design - LTCOL Wes...

The Cove Podcast ·

2024/06/19

What will warfare look like in ten, twenty or even thirty years? How will new technologies fundamentally change the character of warfare? What is the future role of land power within the integrated force? These are some of the questions the Australian Army’s Land Force Design team question daily to inform and design concepts. Just like building a house, you would never proceed without a set of plans. For Army, planning how to respond to an ever-evolving threat requires vigorous, considered and

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16:43

Fighting on both sides – the challenges of balancing...

The Cove Podcast ·

2024/05/29

This audio article discusses how and why Defence could better accommodate serving mothers for improved recruitment and retention outcomes.

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6:33

Stuff ups and the punitive response culture

The Cove Podcast ·

2024/05/22

This audio article argues for a less punitive approach to correcting behaviour in the Australian Defence Force.

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5:53

To solve a problem, you must first own the problem

The Cove Podcast ·

2024/05/20

This audio article explores the importance of taking ownership of a problem in order to solve it.

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10:06

Opportunities with a new brigade - enhancing human...

The Cove Podcast ·

2024/05/15

This audio article argues for an enhanced focus on human performance by leveraging the opportunities presented with the raising of the Health Brigade.

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