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Op COVID-19 Assist - Lessons learnt from JTG 629.2

Lessons Learnt - the value of a lesson is more powerful when shared, understood and applied by many. Reflecting on Op COVID-19 Assist, this article identifies some things worth remembering when...

Multi-Domain Operations – 16 REGT RAA PME Session

Adam Other-Gee writes about some PME that 16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery conducted this year about Multi-Domain Operations.

Link | Being Fluent in the language of coercion

In light of the repetitive use of the term coercion in the recent Defence Strategic Update, today's link is to an article by Nick Brown, first published by The Australian Army Research Centre, which...

Link | After the Calamity: Unexpected Effects of Epidemics on War |The Strategy Bridge

Can we learn from history about the effects of the current pandemic?

Army's Hybrid Threat (Part Three): Knowing Your Enemy

A timely reminder that whilst Australia enjoys extended peacetime on our shores, the Army needs to consider frames for reality to ensure we are not 'training blind.'

Australian Land Force's Vulnerability to Drone Warfare

"...the emerging threat hovers over our capability gap, waiting to fill the niche and take advantage of the opportunity we readily present to them." James Harvey paints a vivid and worrisome picture...

War machines: Can AI for war be ethical?

On 24 Feb 20 the US Department of Defense (DoD) announced a number of ethical guidelines as they continue to develop AI for battlefield use. In this article Aaron Wright looks at how four schools of...

Writing Competition | An Artillery Brigade

In this Cove 2020 Writing Competition entry, Pietro Ruggeri looks at a possible future of the RAA.

Call for Articles Theme 2: STEM - Future Warfare Technologies

In 2021, The Cove is delivering content in concentrated themes to align with Army's Professional Learning Clusters and broader Army activities. Right now, we're calling for articles on our second...

Rebuilding the Fourth Wall

What role does multimedia play in training our soldiers and how can we use it to create intense and realistic training? Read on to find out how the Army is employing multimedia now.

The Training Modernisation Sprint at DFSS - What we have learnt and is it worth it?

2020 was a year like no other for DFSS. The Melbourne COVID situation forced them to innovate and change for the better.

The Tank Capability of the Future

The MBT conundrum: what might be the characteristics of the direct fire support capability that eventually replaces our Abrams?

Call for Articles Theme 2: STEM - Future Warfare Technologies

In 2021, The Cove is delivering content in concentrated themes to align with Army's Professional Learning Clusters and broader Army activities. Right now, we're calling for articles on our second...

By The Cove

Contemporary Operating Environment

The Cove - Livestreaming 2021 CA Symposium

The Cove is Livestreaming the 2021 Chief of Army Symposium via our website!

By The Cove

Future Operating Environment

Army's Hybrid Threat (Part Three): Knowing Your Enemy

A timely reminder that whilst Australia enjoys extended peacetime on our shores, the Army needs to consider frames for reality to ensure we are not 'training blind.'

By Daniel Kirkham

Innovation and Adaptation

Rebuilding the Fourth Wall

What role does multimedia play in training our soldiers and how can we use it to create intense and realistic training? Read on to find out how the Army is employing multimedia now.

By Christopher Lake

Contemporary Operating Environment

Op COVID-19 Assist - Lessons learnt from JTG 629.2

Lessons Learnt - the value of a lesson is more powerful when shared, understood and applied by many. Reflecting on Op COVID-19 Assist, this article identifies some things worth remembering when...

By James Eling