Live, Laugh, Lead - Episode Eight - Legends of The Academy

‘This is where the hard times inspire some really good ideas.’ In this episode, Todd and Jake depart from the chronological order of officer progression and describe some of the legends of the training institutions that they have spent so many years in. Not letting the truth get into the way of a good story, this episode goes through some of the lighter parts of training and some of the unique aspects that make up training command. Incredibly short holidays with little planning filled with flukes, creative solutions to boredom during COVID-19 and a newly minted lieutenant fleeing to Hong Kong to avoid his less-than-ideal corps selection are all covered in this episode.  Jake plays one of his original songs – Brekky Wraps – written about the legendary breakfast option provided by the cafe at the Royal Military College – Duntroon, The Groll. Jake talks through the obstacle course that some Civil Engineers complete at the start of their degree, where they need to select an object to pay respect to a shrine made for the ‘Muddies’ and Todd explains how trainee officers skew the statistics about disposable income in Canberra ACT. Join us for some of the lighter stories of our time in training and subscribe to The Cove Community Podcast so that you do not miss next week’s episode where we have a Royal Australian Artillery officer talking us through a career as an artillery junior officer.