In an increasingly little unchangeable world, the professional army is not enough. Above all, there is simply a request to prepare reserves for it, but besides to build the resilience of the full society. Civilians should have the skills to deal with any crisis. This is what the “inReady” task is for. This year in a fresh edition.
In the book, under the programme “inGotality”, applicable skills in endurance and field endurance could be acquired.
Step 1 – find the right fire. A dry branch soaked with resin will be good, even better for a part of birch bark. It needs to be framed properly. A tiny knife is necessary. We energetically rub it on the surface of the wood until it gets tired. erstwhile we have a large adequate number of thin bubbles on a part of bark, we catch the flint. We decision the lynx over the metallic surface. One, two, three... The spark falls on the bubbles, which start to glow gently. Now we gotta decision fast. We put bark in the prepared pile of dried twigs and blow. The flame is gaining power. All you gotta do is put a bigger branch on it and throw it between the wood. Fire's ready.
It was just the fires that could be learned by participants of classes organized under the government's “inReadiness” programme. Of course, not just that. A package of cognition included in 4 modules included a first-aid course and learning to usage a compass, a short firefighting lesson and applicable training from cyberhygiene, during which instructors showed how to safe their digital data, but besides talked about the dangers of misinformation or hacking. Examples could be multiplied. And all to prepare people for hard times. To make them not helpless in the face of danger, but to aid themselves and others. In a word: to strengthen social resilience.
A strategy that's hard to break
Russia's full-scale attack on Ukraine has opened a full fresh chapter in Europe's history. Western politicians almost according to the ruling: the time of stability, which came after the end of the Cold War, had just come to an end. The next fewer months just confirmed this diagnosis. The Kremlin, alongside confrontational rhetoric, began increasingly reaching for hybrid fighting tools. Social media flooded a wave of Russian misinformation, increased hack attacks, incidents related to attacks on critical infrastructure have been reported in many countries.
To curb Moscow’s urges, Western European states began rebuilding the frequently neglected armies. The arms spending went up. But military power alone is not enough. "Today, all citizens are liable for the endurance of the state. Therefore, a coherent strategy should be created, which will be able to respond to disturbances in an appropriate way – says Colonel Prof. Leszek Elak, a safety expert at the Academy of War Art. This mechanics consists not only of an efficient and well-equipped military, but besides of decently organized public institutions, private companies, and yet of many citizens, aware of the dangers and able to cope even in the most hard situations.
State resilience is built at different levels. A fresh one, which has been in force since the beginning of 2025, will aid to accomplish this Civil Protection and civilian Defence Actand changes in the education system. In raising the pro-defensive competences of the "statistical Kowalski" already any time ago, the Ministry of Defence was involved. An example? For example, the program ‘Education with the military’. During classes conducted by soldiers, students learn, among others, how to give first aid, alert the emergency services or evacuate from the place of emergency. During the 4 editions of the program, a full of 500 000 children were trained.
Next programme – “Train with the Army”, was directed to all volunteers aged 15 to 65. During eight-hour classes conducted by soldiers, participants had the chance to learn the basics of military craftsmanship – building weapons, elements of tactics or techniques of endurance in an unfriendly environment. "This task had a full of 7 editions and 1 peculiar 1 involving soldiers of another NATO states. Over the course of respective years, 32 1000 people took part in the training – says Colonel Michał Tomczyk of the Department of Communications and Promotion of the Ministry of Defence. It adds that training is simply a real phenomenon, due to the fact that almost all participants give affirmative assessments to the program. “On the occasion of this project, the army became straight active in civic training for the first time. This is an important, unprecedented contribution to building social resilience and awareness that we all contribute to our common safety without exception," said Colonel Tomczyk.
According to the calculations of the Ministry of Defence, by the end of 2025 about half a million people were trained in all targeted pro-defensive programs. And the experience of these projects was reflected in the task “inGotality” – in terms of scale in the latest past of Poland absolutely unprecedented.
‘Sisu’ in Polish
The fact that universal voluntary military training will begin, Prime Minister Donald Tusk reported in the Sejm in March 2025. According to government assumptions, in a comparatively short period of time they would cover as many as 100,000 citizens per year. The concept was developed by the General Staff of the Polish Army. “This was a scale we had not measured before”, admits Brig. Gen. Rafał Miernik, Head of the Board of Training P7 of the General Staff of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Experience from the national yard was utilized as a model. In addition to the programmes already mentioned, which the MON initiated, it was crucial to learn from the functioning of territorial defence troops, the training of reserve soldiers, but besides the crisis consequence in non-military situations.
But that is not the end. “We have studied defence training systems in Switzerland, Sweden, Finland and Estonia,” said Colonel Paweł Wronka of the SGWP, 1 of the authors of the concept that was at the heart of the programme. ‘inReady’. – I was very impressed by the Finnish knowing of civic work for state security. The related issues I could closely follow during my working visit to Finland a fewer months ago," he adds. The officer does not hide that the Finnish model had a crucial impact on the concept prepared by them. For example, in terms of general assumptions.
In the Finns, from an early age, qualities are cultivated, which close in the word “sisu”. This hard to translate word means perseverance, fortitude, ability to deal with adversity. Children play sports, learn how to interact, and – especially crucial – grow up in the belief that all citizen is liable for the stableness and safety of the state – even if he is not in the army or in uniform. small of that – Finland as 1 of the fewer countries in Europe after the end of the war retained its draft for the army. It includes all men who are 18 years of age, and the service itself depends on the position takes 165 to 347 days. Women can volunteer to join the army. In addition, citizens who have passed compulsory military service stay in reserve until 65 years of age and, consequently, are appointed to practice erstwhile in a while. In effect, though The professional Finnish army has less than 25,000 soldiers, in the event of a war, the state is able to establish nearly a million citizens in a comparatively short time. As a substance of fact, the Finnish National Defence Training Association organizes various types of courses for all people over the age of 16. For example, they can improve shooting skills, but besides aid the Red Cross. There's plenty of willing ones.
All this was at the base of a strategy that experts call full defense. Sweden or the Baltic states make a akin concept. In various ways, they train the population there, complete the reserves, and after years, the draft was reinstated (except Estonia, which never gave up on it). This is, by the way, an increasingly common trend in Europe. For example, Germany and France have revived the primary military service in its residual form. Volunteers will besides be called into the army for respective months of training. If these are missing, the Germans want to incarnate young men on the basis of a draw.
Poland's draft doesn't want to restore. However, she chose mass training, organized for both civilians and reservists. The assumptions are impressive. – Already in 2026 we plan to train 100,000 people together, and keep this level until at least 2039. Over a twelve years, this gives more than 1 million prepared citizens – said Colonel Robert Głuśniewski, head of the programming branch of the training of the reserves and vocational training of the SGWP.
For now, however, military and civilian experts are analyzing the material that pilot training provided. And although there are no questions, the first conclusions are promising.
Getting to the Young
The pilotage of the programme “in Goth” began on 22 November and continued almost until the end of December. He included training for civilians. The courses were included in 4 modules – safety, survival, medical and cyber-hygiene – they were expected to contribute to the improvement of social resilience. 132 military units from all over the country were active in the project. The classes were conducted by appropriately trained Territorial Defence Army instructors and soldiers of operational units. They could number on the support of another uniformed services. For example, the endurance program includes lessons on utilizing fire extinguishers and distinguishing their types. Firemen led them. – We have been betting on short and intensive training. We wanted them to be available to people working, with families, without taking leave of absence – said Colonel Artur Baranski, Deputy Head of SGWP Training Government.
The interest in training proved unexpectedly large. Eventually, about 16,000 people took part in the classes. – Most in Central Poland. A small little on the outskirts of the country, like the east border. possibly this is due to the fact that in that region knowledge, how to deal with various types of threatsIt's more common. From the point of view of local residents, the war is going on virtually behind the city," says Anna Pacholska, who, for the MON Operations Centre, deals with the task “inGotality”. The same was actual for large cities and smaller centres – especially garrison towns. Ministry of Defence and SGWP have tried to respond to this situation on an ongoing basis. "If, for example, there were not more than 10 people in any localities who were curious in training, we appealed to them, and to those willing to sign up for them, we offered a different, close location. Where there were adequate records to make long reserve lists, we organized additional classes – explains Pacholska.
People of different ages applied for training. Nearly 41% of those willing were women. The oldest associate was 91 years old, but the number of applicants was between 40 and 50 years old, representing almost 40% of the participants. little interest in the program was generated in the age group up to 25 years. specified participants were somewhat over 6%. – However, we must remember that young people may be more curious in military training specified like voluntary basic military service or its shorter form "Holiday with the Army", which confirms the number of people applying for these programs. However, we will effort to find an effective way to scope young people besides with the offer of defence training. Convince them that training could not only be an chance for them to gain useful knowledge, but besides a good fun – Pacholska emphasizes.
The next phase of the program will be the creation of a mobile application #inReady. It is expected to be not only a means of communication – giving the chance to enroll for further training – but besides an educational and training tool. – It will be simple, intuitive and accessible to different age groups. This cannot be a technological solution for experts only – Colonel Barański reserves.
Towards the Reserves
Classes will return in the first 4th of 2026. They'll be more elaborate and a small different. Training geared to building social resilience among civilians will be re-divided into 4 modules. However, the burden of conducting them will remainder more than always on services under the Ministry of Interior and Administration. “We want any of the civilian training to be provided by institutions that deal with crisis response, rescue and interior safety on a regular basis. I am referring to the Ministry of abroad Affairs. This will let them to make better usage of their experience, while at the same time allowing the military to shift the effort to train the reserves – said Colonel Baranski. However, WOT instructors will proceed to be active in this segment.
The fresh component that will appear in training for civilians will be group classes, organized in educational institutions, offices, companies, workplaces. Here, soldiers will execute as instructors. "So far, more than 400 people have submitted first interest in specified meetings. Among them are schools, but besides large companies, specified as Orlen or T-Mobile – informs Pacholska and adds that while individual training is addressed to Polish citizens, as much as in group training, which will take place in the territory of the applicant entrepreneur, foreigners can besides be trained there.
But the task “in the Goth” was created not only for civilians. The state besides intends to train reservists who, if necessary, will power ranks of the army. Again, the program consumes experiences gained from projects that the military has been implementing for any time. A standard example is voluntary basic military service. This project, in turn, was prepared for all those who were 18 years of age, enjoy good wellness and good reputation. They are eager to apply to military recruitment centers and if they successfully pass the qualification, they will receive 28-day basic training. During this time they receive a wage of about PLN 6300 gross. At the end of this stage, they have respective options – they can control to passive, active reserve or start 11-month specialist training and then apply for professional service. “Since the beginning of the program, more than 44,000 soldiers have joined the army,” says Captain Michał Gelej, spokesperson for the Central Military Recruitment Centre. There's a fewer more of these programs. Here you can mention “Holidays with the Army”. Through them all, in 2025 alone, the ranks of armies or reserves were able to supply a full of 54,000 volunteers.
A somewhat modified mechanics is proposed in the Gothiness programme. –The starting point is basic training – aimed at people who have not previously served in the military and want to become reserve soldiers. It lasts 28 days and includes rules, drills, shooting training, elements of tactics, as well as functioning in the military structure – Colonel Głuśniewski states. In this section, “in Gothiness” does not fundamentally deviate from what the army has proposed under another programmes. The differences begin later. After the training, the volunteer is transferred to the reserve, but – as the military emphasizes – this is only the beginning of his relation with the army. Reservoirs will be given the chance to improve regularly.
The point is that the reserve must proceed to keep its combat capability. Each reservist will be given the chance to volunteer for selected training. “We focus on systemic approach and predictability. We want the reservist not to be treated as a “on the phone” but as an component of the system, with a clearly defined way of development. At the same time, we must take into account the reality of work and household life – argues Brig. Gen. Dr. Miernik.
Interestingly, not all classes will be conducted by the military. –Basic training with military equipment remains the domain of the Armed Forces of Poland. However, with specified a scale of the programme not all elements of individual training must and should be carried out only in military units," emphasised General Miernik. “We want the reserve soldier to be able to train individually at the time and place that is most convenient for him. This is why we foresee the anticipation of involving external entities: shooting associations, pro-defence organisations, sports clubs or training companies. This will only take place according to military standards, following the certification of instructors and under constant supervision of the quality of this process. The contract and organisational function will be performed by the Military Property Agency. In addition, MON provides for a strategy of incentives and benefits for active reserve soldiers. another ministries will besides be active in creating it. The creation of a circumstantial package for the reservist – adds Miernik.
One component in reserve training is the way implemented in cooperation with civilian universities. – It is addressed to people who have commanding predispositions and want to execute officer functions in reserve. In practice, this means learning as part of a school of reserve subjects or another forms of officer training, which will be created at civilian universities – Colonel Głuśniewski informs. Those willing to follow this way will first pass the qualification. Then they're going to have a multi-step training. – We intend to prepare candidates to execute circumstantial roles – Colonel Barański says. Upon completion of the training, its associate shall receive an officer's degree. It will stay in reserve, but will regularly keep its skills in a given unit to power its ranks if necessary. – Obliging students to learn in this form will bring them concrete benefits. This is announced at the conference by the head of the MON 1000 PLN monthly scholarship for students. As a military, we see a large chance for a fresh generation change and quality of reserve officers, while contributing to the improvement of future active citizens, graduates of various fields and fields of study," added Gen. Miernik.
The scope of the task is so highly wide. – The programme fits into reasoning about state safety in a systemic way. The military cannot function in isolation from society. We request conscious citizens who do not panic in crisis situations, who can take care of themselves and their surroundings, while at the same time knowing the function of the armed forces – says Brig. Gen. Gen. Dr. Miernik. prof. Elak says in a akin tone: "If society wants to be safe, it must be strong. This is primarily about changing consciousness, and this is simply a occupation that we request to start with the very basics. A major challenge in a country where 30% of children do not participate in PE classes...
Building a shock-resistant state is simply a task scheduled for years. Worse still, in a modern, increasingly little unchangeable world, the time to accomplish this goal is dramatically shrinking. The key issue is to convince people that training specified as “in Goth” is not a manifestation of the progressive militarisation of society. And even more so, getting a candidate for the front. Rather, it is simply a step towards no 1 having to go to war. due to the fact that only a strong country can scare possible aggressors.
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