Welcome to The Combat Training Centre's podcast series The Break-In.
The Break-In explores lessons learned and tips from CTC observations of warfighter exercises.
The Break-In is published on the Cove Community podcast channel, available on your favourite audio platforms such as Spotify and Apple, so be sure to follow us for notifications of new releases!
Episode 1
In ep 1, COMD CTC Colonel Ben McLennan, CSC and Bar, discusses lessons from a recent North Queensland WFX involving the 1st (Australian) Division and international partners in a littoral, LSCO environment.
Episode 2
In episode 2 we reflect on the recent divisional warfighting exercise, conducted in South Queensland, where they were deployed to a fictitious archipelagic nation to the North-West of Australia.
Episode 3
This episode we reflect on the 1st (Australian) Division conducting multi-domain tactical campaigns in the littoral to defeat an occupying adversary.
Episode 4
Commanding General of the 2nd (AS) Division MAJGEN Thomae joins us for this special podcast, to lend his expertise as we attempt to capture and capitalise on the lessons learned during these warfighting exercises.
Episode 5
In this episode we are reflecting on the 1st (AS) Division Warfighter conducted in the Northern Territory over a 2-3 week period in July 2024, which was conducted in an area over twice the size of the UK.
Episode 6
MAJGEN Ash Collingburn, Commanding Officer of the 1st Australian Division, joins us for this episode to talk about his experiences in warfighting exercises and what this might mean for upcoming exercises. The key objectives for these exercises is to provide an opportunity to Rehearse as if it's the last opportunity to do so; build Readiness from the newest soldier through to the most seniou CO, gather Reconnaissance on environments we might expect to encounter, and build Relationships across the integrated force that we belong (the four R's) . It is also a Demonstration of the collective capability, commitment and cohesion of our force.
