The Cove Podcast

• Ethics in Future Land Warfare - CHAP Joshua Bouzanquet, CAPT Matthew Malcolm and WO2 Tony Campbell

  “With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we can now expect Large Scale Combat in Future Warfare” CAPT Malcolm delves into what we might expect with LSC being one of the main strategies of integrated deterrence. This brings together Allies, Partners and Industry to achieve the desired effect; we must think beyond the land domain and even outside of Army or the military, as we are now working as part of an integrated force. He also explains that with new developments in technology (automated systems, AI and others) which also affect the way that we fight, each of these considerations brings up ethical questions in the way that we fight.  CHAP Bouzanquet adds his perspective on ethical decision making with the acceleration towards automation: as we increase the range of our capabilities, we decrease the response time that we have to make an ethical decision, which in turn increases the lethality and the effects through new and emerging technologies. The choke point is going to be the ethical and legal questions that come into play with these new processes. ‘How do we ensure that we are not creating an ethical lag in our processes?’ WO2 Campbell adds with this improved level of technologies, we could be in a whole other country and ‘still be witness to traumatic events and then…jump down for a schooner at the Seaview with our mates’. Realistically, we have to be able to empower everyone, through good education and mentorship, to make decisions within the battlespace that are the right decision on the ground. Join CAPT Todd Lempa as he interviews WO2 Tony Campbell, S7 at ADFA; CHAP Joshua Bouzanquet, padre at RMC; and CAPT Matt Malcolm, PhD in Philosophy and bringing an academic perspective to the ethics discussion.  ————————————————————————— Subscribe to The Cove Podcast to make sure that you do not miss out on any of the heavy hitting content we have planned.

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• Recruit Instructing - CPL Jade Numans

  ‘[A] recruit instructor is … the first point of contact really, for a soldier’s journey’. CPL Numans explains that your main role as an instructor is to train your section of recruits in all the basic soldierly skills, to be ready for Army. You are with them from the moment they step off the bus, through all the drills and lessons, culminating in the field phase where they conduct infantry minor tactics. These are the basic skills that all soldiers need to know. Finally, you are there for them when they March Out. CPL Numans reflects on some of the lighter moments of being an instructor, such as wasting a recruit’s time when they’ve come to you for assistance, but they need to be on parade or attending a lesson. He also reflects on activities such as ‘Skit Night’ where the recruits can take the mickey out of their R.I.s. Our guest this episode, CPL Jade Numans is a current recruit instructor at 1RTB, joins us to provide insight into both the organisation and his role, and what these might achieve for Army. ________________________________________ Make sure to listen and subscribe to make sure that you do not miss out on any of The Cove Podcast.

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• Close Air Support - OC JTAC Troop and a Fighter Combat Instructor

  “Black Dagger is our activity that gives JTACs the exposure they need to drop live ordinance in close proximity to friendlies.” In the first joint podcast between The Cove Podcast and Hangar 46, we host CAPT Craig Hogendyk (OC JTAC Troop) and Pete (a Fighter Combat Instructor at 1 Sqn, RAAF) to discuss all things Close Air Support (CAS). We discuss how to become a Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) or a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC), explain the training pipeline and how each role is employed at the hyper tactical level. Black Dagger is the culminating exercise for the small panel of JTAC students that get a chance at being given a Dagger Call Sign. We discuss how difficult it is to hit land targets with precision accuracy while remaining concealed on the ground from the enemy. CAPT Hogendyk has controlled aircraft such the Tiger Armed Attack Reconnaissance Helicopters from Army’s 1st Aviation Regiment, A-10 Thunderbolt II Attack Aircraft and B-52 Stratofortress Strategic Bombers from the US Military and has controlled Pete’s F/A-18 Super Hornet. Pete recently finished his Air Warfare Instructor Course (AWIC) and qualified as a Fighter Combat Instructor (FCI), Australia’s equivalent of Top Gun. Although this episode is centred on CAS, Pete talks us through all of the other roles that a Super Hornet can fulfil and all of the weaponeering behind choosing the right ordinance to strike a variety of deliberate and opportunistic targets. Join the host of Hangar 46, Miss Cass Bowers, and the host of The Cove Podcast, CAPT Todd Lempa, to discuss real integration at the hyper tactical level. ————————————————————————— Subscribe to The Cove Podcast to make sure that you do not miss out on any of the heavy hitting content we have planned.

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• Invasion Rabaul - LTCOL Steve Young

  ‘It is really important to look at our defeats’. LTCOL Young explains that Rabaul is potentially one of the most shameful episodes of Australian marshal history. In 1942 The Australian War Cabinet decided not to provide any further reinforcements to the Malayan barrier, leaving the garrisons at Ambon, Timor and Rabaul totally alone with no evacuation plan. This set the conditions for command. COL Scanlan was the commanding officer of Lark Force during the Battle of Rabaul. With limited resources at his disposal, and no plan to execute, he gives the order that it is ‘every man for himself’ as his troops are facing down an invading Japanese platoon. Our guest this episode, LTCOL Steve Young, joins us to shed some light on the tactical considerations behind an experience of command in isolation and how difficult the environment and enemy is to defeat under those circumstances. ________________________________________ Make sure to listen and subscribe to make sure that you do not miss out on any of The Cove Podcast.

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• Ethical Decision Making - CHAP Joshua Bouzanquet and WO2 Tony Campbell

  ‘We need to have the ability [and] confidence in ourselves … that we are making ethical decisions’. Today’s episode is on Ethical Decision Making, and with this quote, WO2 Campbell explains that the decisions that our officers and leaders often must make are so far beyond the immediate realm and have the potential for far reaching consequences. CHAP Bouzanquet deftly provides an explanation for the subtle differences between Ethics and Morality. Ethics is the process in which we decide what is right or wrong based on a set of laws and rules set by the courts and is very action and consequences based. Morals is more based on who we are: what type of human being am I and what do I bring of my humanity? Whilst anyone can follow a set of rules; it is how we interpret those rules that becomes the question about our moral character. WO2 Campbell also explains the framework ADFA currently uses to guide our future leaders in their journey towards ethical decision making, and that is to ‘build up muscle memory’. This includes understanding what the rules and laws are, understand what our duty is in any given situation and what the desired outcome is, and who we are as an organisation and what virtues and values we have. Finally, there is reflection where we evaluate our thinking, particularly around big decisions, and ask ourselves fundamental questions. Our guests this episode, CHAP Joshua Bouzanquet and WO2 Tony Campbell, join us to provide insights into the reality and consequences of the complex decisions that we often must make on the fly when on deployment. ________________________________________ Make sure to listen and subscribe to make sure that you do not miss out on any of The Cove Podcast.

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