Military Career
Kovco enlisted in the Australian Regular Army in March 2002 and was posted to the School of Infantry, Singleton, in May 2002. After completing his Initial Employment Training as a rifleman, he served in the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Australia's airborne battalion (the only other Royal Australian Infantry Corps Regiment cleared for airborne operations is the Second Commando Regiment, Formally the 4th Royal Australian Regiment). After posted to 3RAR, he was trained as a heavy weapons operator before training to become a sniper.
PTE Kovco was deployed to Iraq as part of an ongoing 110-person Security Detachment Iraq protecting Australian officials at the embassy in Baghdad.
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