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Chief of Army History Conference 2025 - Learning and Professional Body of Knowledge

In November 2025, the Chief of Army's History Conference was held at Parliament House in Canberra. This year's topic: Mastering the Army Profession. As the Army faces a range of challenges in preparing for an increasingly complex strategic environment, we need to consider how best to position ourselves to ensure that Soldiers at all levels, from the most junior ranks through to senior leadership, proactively embrace mastery of their profession. Learning & Professional Body of Knowledge Moderator: COL Trent Groves Remember who you are: the Army Profession and what it requires you to know - Prof Craig Stockings, University of New South Wales, Canberra Like all true ‘professions’, that of the Profession of Arms, or Army Profession, requires a discrete body of foundational professional knowledge – provided by education, not training – connected intimately to the purpose of the profession. This common body of knowledge must be controlled by the profession itself, to evolve and change as required. At the same time, few will argue that Army’s singular purpose, its raison d’etre, is warfare. The organisation exists to fight and win on land. While soldiers may find themselves engaged in a great variety of tasks, these are and always will be distractions from its purpose. Some may be necessary, some less so, but they do not detract from this purpose. Prof. Stockings will discuss the interface between education and the concept of an Army Profession. The two are inseparable. Its central contention is that Army, and Defence writ large, has not traditionally managed this interface well. It will explain why, and to posit some ideas as to how this might be reversed. For the Army Profession? A history of the Australian Army Journal and its support to military professionalism in Australia (1911-2025) - Dr Jordan Beavis, Australian Army Research Centre For 58 of its 124 years, the Australian Army has sustained a professional military journal. Beginning with the Commonwealth Military Journal (1911–1916), and later the Australian Army Journal (AAJ), first published in 1948 under Lieutenant-Colonel Eustace Keogh, the publication has evolved in response to institutional needs. The AAJ ran until 1976, was revived in 1999 to foster service-level debate on land warfare, and has since been published for 25 of the past 26 years. Its history has been uneven, shaped by shifting Army and Defence priorities, variable content quality, and fluctuating levels of contribution and readership. Despite this inconsistency, the AAJ’s core mission has remained constant: to strengthen Army professionalism, deepen understanding of military art and science, and intellectually prepare soldiers for current and future challenges. This presentation examines the AAJ’s history, assesses its success in supporting the Army profession in Australia, and considers its contemporary focus and future trajectory. Bastardisation at the Royal Military College, Duntroon: A historical perspective - Dr Darren Moore , JGSPM For some Australians, “bastardisation” is closely linked to the Royal Military College, Duntroon. Major scandals in 1969 and 1983 raised questions about whether these years marked the worst of cadet abuse or simply moments when entrenched practices were exposed by outsiders—an academic in 1969 and a journalist in 1983. Another issue is the role of military staff, many of them Duntroon graduates, who may have tolerated or overlooked abuse they had themselves experienced as a supposed rite of passage. When Duntroon was founded in 1911, Commandant Brigadier-General W.T. Bridges explicitly banned bullying, ordering that cadets treat each other as equals and forbidding menial service. However, the college’s class system—linking seniority to rank, privileges, and authority over junior cadets—enabled bastardisation to take hold. Despite periodic efforts to eliminate it, the practice proved persistent and largely resistant to reform until the final years of the “old” Duntroon before 1986. Original post: https://cove.army.gov.au/article/chie... About The Cove is the Australian Army’s professional development platform. We provide access to professional resources and events and promote discussion within the profession of arms. Visit https://cove.army.gov.au Disclaimer The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Australian Army, the Department of Defence or the Australian Government. The Cove is a professional development site for the Australian Profession of Arms. The views expressed within individual blog posts and videos are those of the author, and do not reflect any official position or that of the author's employers' – see more here. Any concerns regarding this blog post, video or resource should be directed in the first instance to the.cove@defence.gov.au.