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S7E8 Training, Culture, and Cohesion: A Rifle Company in Malaysia with Maj San-Joe Tan and Private Tom Lefevre
In this episode of The Cove Podcast, we unpack a recent Reginal Combat Team (previously known as Rifle Company Butterworth) rotation through the perspectives of a soldier and an officer. They discuss…
S7E7 On Call to War, Inside the Mind of an Army Surgeon with Brigadier Andrew Higgs, Director General Health Reserves Army
This episode of The Cove Podcast explores the unique career of an Army Reserve surgeon, tracing his journey from medical school to operational deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq. He unpacks the…
S7E5 Advising, Not Commanding: Inside ADFs PNG Defence Cooperation Programme with WO2 Dathan Rolfe
In this episode of The Cove Podcast, we unpack the reality of a posting to the Defence Cooperation Programme in Papua New Guinea. Joined by Warrant Officer Dathan Rolfe, we explore what it means to…
S7E4 From Snow to Slouch Hat, Transitioning Between Two Armies with LTCOL Devon Matsalla
In this episode of The Cove Podcast, John Hardgrave sits down with a former Canadian Army Colonel who traded snow boots for a slouch hat and brought 26 years of coalition experience with him. From…
S7E3 Mission Culture: Rethinking Army as a Profession with SGT John Wellfare
In this episode, we sit down with Sergeant John Welfare, winner of the 2025 Chief of Army Essay Competition and Chauvel Prize, to unpack his argument that the Australian Army must undergo a…
S7E2 Principles of leadership for 10 or 10,000 with MAJ GEN Stephen Day DSC AM
In this episode of The Cove Podcast, John Hardgrave is joined by Major General Stephen Day, DSC AM, author of the ADF Leadership Doctrine, to explore leadership as a matter of character, not just…
S7E1 The Rise of Drone Racing in Defence - CAPT Tom Gash and LCPL Chris Quaill
In this episode of The Cove Podcast, John Hargrave explores the fast-growing world of drone racing and uncrewed systems, focusing on the people, skills, and pathways behind the technology. Joined by…
S6E55 Fighting in the Arctic: America's Arctic Angels - WO2 William McGovern and SGT Nathan Groen
“One foot in the snow, here we go.” In this week’s episode, the host sits down with WO2 Will McGovern (2/14 Light Horse Regiment) and SGT Nathan Groen (1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment)…
S6E52 Command Responsibility: Holding Senior Leaders to Account - MAJGEN Chris Smith
‘[W]hat we're trying to do is restore what has been a loss of trust for a number of reasons over the recent decade or so between generals and rank and file to be frank ...’ In this week’s episode,…
One Size Does Not Fit All – WO2 Tavis Nicholson
‘It was grinding on me day in, day out—patrolling, heat, and loads I wasn’t built for.’ In this week’s episode, CAPT Todd Lempa sits down with WO2 Tavis Nicholson, the Warrant Officer Physical…
S6E52 The Double-Edged Sword: Jamming and Machine Learning - MAJ Tom Berry
‘If an adversary is operating in a highly enabled headquarters and we’re not, we will fall behind instantly ...’ In this week’s episode, the host sits down with MAJ Tom Berry, a Signals Officer…
S6E51 South Sudan to Line Creek: The Adaptation of Combat Integration - WO1 Chris Sharp
‘'[T]here were .50 cal rounds coming off of Technicals that were ripping through the accommodation buildings…’ In this week’s episode, CAPT Todd Lempa sits down with Warrant Officer Class One Chris…
S6E50 Command in Combat: Hard Decisions and High Standards – BRIG Dave McCammon
‘Nothing narrows the focus more than being properly shot at ...’ In this week’s episode, the host sits down with Brigadier David McCammon, the Commander of the Australian Army Cadets and Head of…
S6E49 Spiritual Toughness: The Big Three Questions – CHAP Gav Keating
“It would be so much easier to say, ‘hey, I was riding on my white horse on the road to Damascus and I got struck down by lightning... but that’s definitely not what occurred.’” In this week’s…
S6E48 The Invisible Front: The Importance of Effective Counterintelligence - MAJ Paul Patty
'These people aren’t ghosts, as much as they attempt to be or seem like it ...’ In this week’s episode, we sit down with MAJ Paul Patty, an Intelligence Officer in the Australian Army, to unpack…
S6E47 Warrior Ethos: from Non-Combatant Evacuation to High-End Warfighting - WO1 Scott Krum
‘Everyone wants the view, but nobody wants the climb.’ In this week’s episode, we sit down with WO1 Scott Krum, the Regimental Sergeant Major of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps, to revisit the…
S6E46 The Unseen Ties: Exploring Civil-Military Relations – Prof. Risa Brooks PhD
‘The problem is if society becomes accustomed to or reliant on using the army to solve problems or to address failures of civilian capacity.’ In this week’s episode, we sit down with Dr Risa Brooks…
S6E45 A New Era of Decision Making in the Australian Army – CAPT Jimmy Wilson
‘Our boss at the time [was] very experienced in [Air Mobile Operations] and really raised us... [to be] tuned into the detail in terms of planning chalks and serials and bump plans ...’ On this…
S6E44 Survival Starts with Hygiene: How to Thrive in the Field - LTCOL Gordon Wing MBBS
‘Again, you’re talking to someone who used to shave and drink out of the same cup ...’ In this week’s episode, we welcome back LTCOL Gordon Wing MBBS, the Senior Medical Officer in the Directorate of…
S6E43 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…
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