Joint Warfighting Assessment 19 was a major wargaming exercise held in the US last year. In this article, Grant Shottenkirk uses the scenario to identify tactical, technical and organisational lessons learnt during the wargame.

This article highlights some of the lessons learned by Battle Group Jacka during Ex Talisman Sabre 19. The author hopes it will improve the generation, insertion and capability of future Reinforcing Battle Groups.

Doug Laidlaw argues that the re-introduction of the rank of 2nd LT for army officers who commission through the Part Time Officer Commissioning Course would enable a structured learning pathway for them to develop more closely to their full time counterparts.

Environmental, operational and conceptual considerations emerging from acceptance and analysis of accelerated warfare point to the need to shift to a targeting frame of reference from a manoeuvre one. The key mechanism is to embrace targeting through the adoption of the concept of a ‘kill chain’.

This collective PME package is based on the theme of: 'Emotional Intelligence'.

Dan Solomon challenged four of his Corporals to write a short reflection piece on Building Partner Capacity at the end of their tour on Task Group Taji IX. The results make for interesting reading for all ranks.

During November, The Cove conducted an exported Cove Conference in Townsville for a combined audience of junior leaders from 3 Brigade, 16 Brigade and the Queensland Police Service audience. Cove contributor, advocate and RSM 16 Brigade, Darren Murch, asked the NCOs that he sent to the event to reflect on what they had taken away from the two days.

The Cove Team is releasing a series of Collective PME Resources from the Cove Conference TVL. The first package is on: 'Know Self'.