Territorial Defence Forces are under certification. The readiness of soldiers of the youngest kind of armed forces to act in the event of an external threat and in crisis situations shall be checked. In the past weekend, the territorialists received a call for immediate placement in their units. Over 86% of the soldiers responded to the alarm.
For respective days there have been exercises certifying territorial defence troops under the codename “Piorun ‘24”. This is the most crucial part of the run since June 10 certification of specified armed forces. – The aim of the exercise is to check, among another things, the improvement and safety of the command post of the WOT Command Command Command Command, as well as to check the war command strategy in relations between the Command and subordinate units, as well as the Command and Overriding Superior Headquarters," explains Colonel Robert Pękala, a spokesperson for territorial defence troops.
The “Burrow 24” exercise will proceed until June 21, as will the full certification. “This is the most crucial test and a immense challenge for us,” says WOT’s spokesman. The superiors want to check whether the territorial authorities are ready to act in the event of an external threat to State safety and how they operate in crisis situations. – This is the first case in the past of the Polish Army, erstwhile the full kind of armed forces is certified. So far, individual military units have been certified,” stressed Colonel Pękala.
The fact that WOTs are to be certified, he decided in April of that year Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Federation General Wiesław Kukuła. Territorials measure the certification team. It is created by specialists from SGWP and from the General Command and Operations Command of Armed Forces Types, as well as the Armed Forces Support Inspectorate. The squad was headed by Brig-Gen Piotr Płonka of SGWP. The certification of WOT is carried out in accordance with the NATO standards, i.e. the CREVAL (Compat Readiness Evaluation of Land) procedure.
One of the most crucial points of the test is the assessment of the percent completion of territorial defence troops. On the night from Friday to Saturday, all soldiers of this kind, those in professional and territorial service, as well as staff of the national defence department who have assigned mobilization allowances to the WOT, received a telephone emergency call. According to him they had to appear in their units at a certain time. Then the alleged registration appeals were conducted, during which the presence of soldiers and workers was checked," explains Colonel Pękala. – We knew the results on Saturday just after 13 o'clock. The level of attendance was over 86%. That's a very good score.
Among the very good results, the spokeswoman of the 3rd Podkarpackie Territorial Defence Brigade, Lt. Magdalena Mac, boasts. – An emergency signal was received by soldiers from units in Rzeszów, Low, Dębica and Sanoku. A fewer hours later 90% of the summoned soldiers, or nearly 3,000 soldiers, registered in their battalions," the officer explains. – To our brigade specified a call is not new. We've already had an emergency alert on the occasion of flood action.
During certification, training of soldiers, the level of equipment with basic military equipment and its efficiency are besides checked. The number of tactical stocks will besides be assessed.
The territorial defence troops consist of: command, 18 territorial defence brigades, command battalion, units of unconventional activities ‘Griff’, 2 training centres, a sub-office school and WOT typical centre (an orchestra and an honorary company). There are besides 2 more brigades: Lubuska and Opole. In total, more than 40,000 soldiers presently service in territorial defence troops, of which 35 000 are soldiers serving territorial military service, little than 5 000 are professional soldiers, while respective 100 are active reservists.
