To start with, Edyta Żeła asked ‘Navala’, was it hard to get Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz to sign a paper allowing soldiers to wear beards and tattoos?
“The Prime Minister himself wears an elegantly cut beard. So he had no problem knowing that specified a change was needed and expected. The problem is the older generation of soldiers. Although erstwhile it comes to beards, they rapidly managed to convince them to do so. This was more resistant to tattoos,” said Paul “Naval” Mateńczuk.
— erstwhile tattoos in social consciousness were seen as part of prison culture. Today, under the influence of pop culture, it changes. Many people make beautiful tattoos with the sign of the Polish eagle, the Polish Underground State, or the badge of their unit. But there are tattoos that can offend someone. That is why the papers describe it in specified a way that tattoos are not disfigured or hurt another people’s feelings,” he explains.
Let's give the soldiers any slack.
‘Naval’ added that tattoos cannot be seen either. “Therefore, a soldier cannot have tattoos above his wrist, but you can have them on your forearm, on your shoulder. But erstwhile the soldiers fought the flood due to the fact that it was a fight over the shafts, who cares if the boy took his shirt off, worked hard with a shovel, packed bags, and had a tattoo on his shoulder? Nobody cared. So let's halt pretending that certain things don't exist. Brody, tattoos, comfortable private shoes are truly trifles, but they make service easier. Of course, rules are important, but let's give these soldiers any slack,” emphasized the podcast speaker.
The leaders besides wanted to know if a soldier could wear the beards they liked. Turns out, no. — As far as beards are concerned, the rules say that a soldier may have a beard of up to 3 centimeters,” says “Naval”. However, the leaders collided with the opinions of the commanders, who claimed that specified regulations loosened military discipline. The guest of the program, however, asked, what does it substance to a soldier who fights, who can be injured or killed?
Edyta Żemła noted, however, that the Polish military, fortunately, functions in terms of peace, and the man who decides to sign with the army, should be aware that he will be subject to military discipline and certain restrictions, besides related to appearance.
"Naval" bouncing the ball, stated that soldiers were trained to participate in combat activities. “In the east we have a war, so present it is more crucial than appearance to train for war,” he stressed and noted that youths present are different than a fewer years ago. “A young boy, or a cool young girl, who said she would go to the army, but she likes tattoos, and the regulations forbid it, resigns to the detriment of the army. And with fresh solutions in the army, you can inactive be cool shaven and without tattoos, but we besides opened up the anticipation of serving those who have a somewhat different viewpoint.
Will there be a war?
"Naval" besides spoke of the request to reconstruct essential military service, as the world's safety situation is becoming increasingly tense. He added that military training should be passed by all citizen of the country. “We are talking about our citizens teachers, doctors, policemen, officials. Let us halt reasoning of a soldier as a separate social group,” claims the defence minister’s attorney. He stressed the request for changes in regulations, so that, for example, the military could respond flexibly to emerging threats and needs.
The leaders besides asked “Naval” a question about whether he thought there would be war. Without hesitation, he replied that in the next fewer decades there would be an armed conflict in our part of the globe. Referring to history, he stated that we have long lived in a time of peace. However, much indicates that this time is ending.
— I presume that after this period of peace and after the end of the war in Ukraine we have 25.30 years of peace again," he said. Marcin Wyrwał, noted that this was rather optimistic, due to the fact that many military and politicians presume that the war could start much earlier.
The leaders besides asked the guest if the Polish army was prepared for war. "Naval" stated that present no country, but the United States, is ready to face Russia independently. “Poland is in NATO. And as an Alliance, we are ready to face Russia's war machine. As individual states, unfortunately, no,” added erstwhile GROM soldier.
A lot of time in the podcast was devoted to a discussion about peculiar troops from which “Naval”. He talked, among others, about how to prepare for the selection of why less and less people pass it and who has the predisposition to become a commando.
