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Cove Competition 2026 | Read, Reflect, Review

Cove Competition 2026 is on! Choose a title from the Chief of Army’s Professional Study Guide; read it; submit a professional review exploring its value to the Army Profession; and be in the running to win!

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by The Cove

Group photo of Ex Pozieres march attendees

Exercise Pozieres March '26 - Stronger Together

Participants from Exercise Pozieres March 2026 on the importance of strengthening relationships, fostering mutual understanding and cooperation between Army and its regional partners.

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by The Cove

Cove 4.0 Development Diary

The Cove 4.0 Dev Diary keeps you up-to-date with everything happening behind the scenes, what's new in The Cove, and how to get the most out of our latest interactive features.

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by The Cove

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Australian Army soldiers dismount from Royal Thai Army BTR-3E1 Armoured Personnel Carriers during mechanised trench assault training.

Selecting Leaders, Not Just Filling Vacancies: A Better Model for Military Promotion and Command Selection

An argument that promotion and command selection should assess leadership potential, character, and judgement, not simply fill vacancies from existing career records.

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by John Hardgrave

CoveTalk | Somme Mud with Dr Will Davies

If you're in based in Sydney, join us on Thursday, 15 October at 1500h as Dr Will Davies delivers a talk on the First World War classic Somme Mud.

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by The Cove

An Australian Army soldier from 1st Armoured Regiment with the 'Warfighter' uncrewed ground vehicle equipped with a prototype communications system during Project Convergence Capstone 5 at Fort Irwin, California, on 11 March 2025.

Adaptation as the Enduring Competitive Edge in Contemporary Warfare

How is adaptation – anticipating and responding to change faster and more systemically than the adversary – the decisive edge in modern war? A proposal of principles and a model for embedding it across Army.

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by Wes Bartlett

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