This short article will examine how Close Combat Shooting can enhance our competitiveness in the struggle for life on the contemporary battlefield.

Mark Mankowski is the current Commanding Officer of 16 Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, a staunch supporter of PME and regular contributor to The Cove. He and his team compiled this PME resource list for his unit in 2020.

This video, via @bjoernstritzel, shows an Islamic State suicide bomber targeting an Iraqi Army convoy with a vehicle bourne improvised explosive device.

The Cove interviewed multiple key participants in EX PM24, who offered their thoughts on our key PME themes of 2024 - Large Scale Combat Operations, Future War, and Ethical Decision Making. You can find those thoughts below.

This article describes Pakistan's economy and trade.

This article by Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster via Modern War Institute focuses on the study of war and warfare. McMaster is a strong advocate for professional military education and the study of the profession of arms.

This academic paper by Paul Bartone (with support from other contributors) via Emerald Insight takes a scientific approach to examining leadership behaviour and results. The paper evaluates the influence of psychological hardiness, social judgment, and ‘Big Five’ personality dimensions on leader performance in US Military Academy trainees at West Point.  

This harrowing documentary presented on YouTube by HBO is frequently used as a military ethics case study in training institutions and professional development sessions. The documentary examines the abuse, torture, and murder of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison at the hands of U.S. military police in 2003.

This article from Combat Training Centre is designed to apply some rigour around what should be a ‘drill’ and also to inform participants in the process of their role, inputs and outputs.

In the Cove's second Cove Talk, we hear from Regimental Sergeant Major - Army, Donald Spinks who talks about what it takes to be a leader of soldiers.