On the seventh of March, the next cycle of training “inReady” begins. “As part of the pilot program, 16,000 people were trained”, said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. The MON besides offers volunteers an additional way of connecting with the army – a reserve of advanced readiness. “The year 2026 will be the year of the reserve,” said the Deputy Prime Minister. And he said: the mark is an army of 500,000 people.
– Neither in November nor December the weather favoured us, so there is clear determination of those who chose to take part in the training. I would like to thank everyone who participated. It is an expression of work for itself, for his family, for Poland – said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, summarizing last year's pilotage of the program General voluntary defence training "in readiness".
From spring to autumn
The head of the MON announced that in 2026 the offer of training would be further extended. – From 7 March until the end of November will be the next edition of “inReady”. Its aim is to rise skills and skills, build social strength and resilience of society, besides in the fight against misinformation, which is 1 of the biggest threats today," said the Minister of Defence. As announced, group courses for companies will besides be launched.
During the conference organized in the General Staff of the Polish Army, a fresh application was presented “in Gotality”. Although it will inactive be possible to enroll in training through the mCitizen app, it is the fresh platform that is to be the most extended cognition compendium for candidates. Deputy Minister of Defence Cezary Tomczyk pointed out that the application is intended to let fast enrollment and permanent access to educational materials, including ‘Safety guide’. Users can besides solve a quiz that will aid you choose the right training way depending on your skills and interests.
A fresh thought for reservists
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced that 2026 would be a reserve year. What does that mean? "When I talk about the half-million-dollar army, I mean both 300,000 soldiers of the professional army and another group of hundreds of thousands of people who will be ready as reservists," explained the Deputy Prime Minister. He besides announced the creation of a alleged high-priority reserve. “We do not change the strategy of appointing reservists for exercise, but we supplement it with a voluntary reserve, which will besides be followed by certain benefits associated with the salary,” explained Kosiniak-Kamish. Voluntary service in this form has, as the head of the MON said, a number of benefits, specified as compensation for participation in exercises and access to various courses and trainings. Reservers are besides to have large freedom to choose the timing of the exercises and the unit in which they will serve.
– We already have good experience with specialized reserves specified as Cyber LEGION or the Medical Legion, which are developing dynamically. Cyber LEGION is already very advanced, with about 3,000 people. In the case of the Medical Legion we have the first phase behind us, and respective 100 people volunteered to participate in this venture," added Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
The head of the MON besides stressed that changes in the functioning of the reserve are part of the preparation of the armed forces for demographic challenges. In the face of a declining number of young people, it is essential to attract older people to the army and to give them opportunities to combine working life in civilians with training for the army.
As General Wiesław Kukuła, Head of the General Staff of the HR stressed, the aim of the action will be to change the model of developing the competence of the reserveists and how to keep their readiness to serve, and to increase the number of reserve soldiers. “Everything we do is due to the improvement programme of the armed forces already in force for the years 2025–2039”, added the general.
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