We love education opportunities at The Cove. The Defence Assisted Study Scheme (DASS) is one of the best ways to enable Army's people to pursue their intellectual edge! Applications for Study Period 2 need to be in on 01 June 2023.

At dawn on the 25th of April 1915, the ANZAC Infantry Division landed on the Gallipoli peninsula as part of a British campaign to wrest control of the Dardanelles. The landing and subsequent operations on the Gallipoli peninsula are etched in our national consciousness – events in which our Army played a central role. The Cove proudly brings you the history of Australia’s Gallipoli Campaign, told through a high-quality 14-minute animated video. Watch this video to enhance your understanding of this formative part of Army's history and our national heritage.

Watch the engaging presentations from the Chief of Army’s Leadership Seminar: 'Leading in a Learning Organisation' that took place on 4 May 2022.

This is a PME resource for encouraging junior officers to think about the role and impact of AI and autonomous systems in warfare.

This is a PME activity that encourages junior officers to understand the trappings of likership over leadership.

This is a PME resource for encouraging junior officers to think about how adolescent and adult levels of brain development can affect both themselves and the people they lead.

This is a PME resource for encouraging junior officers to think about various issues brought up by a commanding officer’s observations in Afghanistan.

This is a PME resource for encouraging junior officers to think about how to achieve high performance through understanding and harnessing the mind and body.

Following on from our history article last week; edition 6 of the Junior Officer PME Sessions encourages us to think about the role of history and mythmaking in both the military and our society. The Kokoda Campaign is used as a case study to examine historical myths.

In one of the few modern pieces written about the Australian Army's officer corps; James Brown is quite critical of officer culture in his 2013 article 'Fifty Shades of Grey: Officer Culture in the Australian Army'. In the fourth edition of our series of PME activities for junior officers, we encourage some self-reflection of officer culture.