At the Podoficerska School of the Land Forces in Poznań, about 40 participants in the course of retraining reserve personnel were preparing to execute command functions. The Army organizes courses to make its sub-office reserves in the event of a crisis or mobilization. Meanwhile, many participants see in them the gateway to starting professional service in the rank of corporal.
The training course for reserve staff is aimed at private reserves with various military experience and internships. During classes in The Podofice School of the Land Army in Poznań Soldiers primarily make leadership skills and learn about different training methods. All so that in the future they can power the corps of officers reserves which will, if necessary, support the professional army in emergency situations specified as natural disasters, evacuation of the population or military threats.
From tactics to endurance rules
The training course for reserve staff takes almost 3 months and covers a broad thematic range. The program includes theoretical and applicable classes specified as: shooting, tactics, drills, exercises of cognition of regulations, training of military leadership. The future officers must make their commanding powers, to guide the team, to motivate soldiers to service and to make decisions under hard conditions. A key phase of the training is tactical classes conducted at the Biedrusk camp. There, reservists practice masking, endurance art, field orientation, squad movements, etc. They will besides learn about the military ceremony, traditions and past of the Poznań school.
During the last course in Poznań, soldiers attended the school for the first 2 months in the alleged base training. The last period was reserved for specialist training. At this stage, students were divided into 3 groups: armored-mechanized, rocket and artillery, and bomb squad. Each of them implemented a separate program at the Center for the Training of Land Forces, Centre for Artillery and Armed Forces Training or at the Center for Training Engineering and Chemical Forces. The culmination of the training is the presentation of acts of appointment for the first degree of the sub-chief – the corporal.
Reserves want to be a professional
The Poznań Infantry School draws attention to the peculiar function that reservists play in the national safety system. “The well-trained reserves are a pillar of the state’s defence and its preparedness for crisis situations,” says the sick. Agata Kwiecińska, SPWL press secretary.
It turns out that many participants in the course for reservists, however, do not think about remaining in the reserve after gaining 2 beams on the pagons. – Trainers come to us with very different experiences. On 1 bench may sit private after 16-day training in territorial defence troops who immediately resigned from further service, and an older private specialist who served as a professional soldier for respective years and was on missions. Both of them are reserve soldiers and thanks to the course of retraining reserve staff they can think about returning or starting professional service to the level of a sub-commissioner," says the staff. Sebastian Osicki, Commandant of SWPL. Do they think? – During the first gathering with participants of the course there is always a question of how many of them think about professional service – says St. Chor. staff. Osicki – usually most hands are up.
However, this does not mean that any student can accomplish this goal. “People with different motivation and preparation come to us. any people want to prove themselves, others are looking for a life idea. For SPWL staff, the main problem is that candidates for the course do not undergo any prior verification. The only request they gotta meet is to have a rank of private reserve. We do not know who and with what level of cognition and experience comes to us for training – says the staff. Osicki. “The perfect solution would be to conduct the preliminary examination,” added the commandant. And he admits that any soldiers are incapable to complete the course. Sometimes this is due to various random accidents, specified as household or business emergencies, erstwhile reservists are entrepreneurs. And sometimes they just can't meet their requirements. As in any school, students must number individual subjects in order to take the final exam.
The fact that preliminary selection of candidates is needed shows, among others, physical education classes. – The main goal of strength training, developmental activities, hand-to-hand combat, gymnastics, field athletics is to prepare for the final exam and to pass standards in disciplines specified as 3000 m run, incline the torso or pull up on the bar. In addition to motoring or building endurance, the classes are designed to form psychophysical qualities – explains the teacher of the Physical Education and athletics Team. For example, make motivation. For some, moving 3,000 metres is simply a challenge, so during the course they must find intellectual strength, frequently with the aid and support of the group to accomplish this. due to the fact that in the future, they will motivate and engage their subordinates to exert themselves," explains the Petty Officer.
More time to shoot
A vital component of the course is shooting classes, which are based on the so-called. ABC training. Reservoirs can not only train the ability to usage long weapons, but besides learn the specificity of short weapons. “For many of them, this is the first contact with a gun, due to the fact that as a private, they were dealing only with long weapons,” says the Fire Training squad instructor. He stresses that ABC training is effective and advancement is seen very quickly. – While students are at very different levels and any request much more attention. For example, we can train a private who served in the mechanized brigade for 15 years, went on missions and he easy executes all the commands. But he already has any habits, sometimes a bad grip or a bad attitude that needs to be corrected. Next to him can be a private after the "sixteen" in the WOT, which had only dealt with the weapon for those sixteen days. And we train him decently from scratch – the teacher adds.
The course program may shortly change. – There are plans to importantly increase the number of hours devoted to shooting or tactical training. Everything is going to take longer, says the instructor. Why? – Practice shows that the three-month course is besides short. Participants later have problems, e.g. with passing the physical education exam. Of course, there are exceptions that work hard, are determined and accomplish the intended goal," said the SPWL commander.
The training course of reserve personnel at the Podoficer's School of the Land Army in Poznań ended on 1 August with the solemn handing out of appointments for corporal to soldiers who successfully passed all stages of training and passed the final exam.
