“Where will the structures be?”: Prime minister Donald Tusk announced an organization of military training for all adult men on Friday, March 7. Professor of the University of Bialystok Daniel Boćkowski dealing with security policy in Polish Radio stated that Announcements are one thing, but the real preparation of the program is another. – (…) we decrees that we will teach people, but Where are the barracks, if they are needed, where is the infrastructure, where are the people responsible for training? – the professor asked. – where there will be command structures, where there will be structures responsible for all thisthis whole lower staff – where to get it? he added.
Small steps: According to the expert, the first step should be restoration of the potential to conduct training. In the opinion of Professor Daniel Boćkowski, it would be helpful to create Shooting networksto familiarize people with the support of various types of weapons and simply teach the basics. “We won't do it because we don't have instructors, we don't have shooting ranges, I don't know if ammunition would be enough,” he said.
The Minister of National Defense explains: IN Parliament Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said that This is not a return to compulsory military service. – This is possibility, and at the same time a very measurable encouragement for training for women and men – explained the deputy prime minister and minister. He added that training would be possible for everyone. Later, Donald Tusk added that women will be able to participate in military training.
When military training? Donald Tusk said they were ongoing work on the preparation of military training “on a large scale” for every adult man. – We want to have a ready model by the end of the year – he announced. The Prime Minister indicated that military training for men must be “custom, obvious tradition.”
More You can read about this in the article: “Donald Tusk announces military training on a large scale.“.
Sources: IAR, Sejm.gov.pl, Gazeta.pl