Military training for Poles. “They can simulate to take money”

Faced with the war behind our east border and hard to foretell politics Donald TrumpEuropean leaders have begun to prepare for a possible lonely fight against the enemy. The financial package for Europe's "rearms" is intended to absorb €800 billion. In Poland we hear not only about investments in infrastructure, but besides people.

– In addition to the professional army and outside the Territorial Defence Army we gotta build an army of reserveists – declared Donald Tusk. He besides announced that Polish veterans are to take an crucial place in the training system. “We are talking about large soldiers who have finished their service, e.g. from GROM or commandos from Ljubljana. Their cognition and skills will be a priceless asset in training civilians said the head of government.

Interia turned to erstwhile officers and peculiar forces soldiersTo talk about the Prime Minister's idea. Although formally retired, They're inactive perfecting their skills.. They can besides coin their experiences in private companies that deal with training.

St. chor. diz. Peter “Soyers” Soyka from the Commandos Military Unit, which performed on Polsat antennas in the program "Special Forces Poland", is the founder of Pol Sof Academy, which deals with both training for the uniform and civilian sector.

In turn Major Rez. Grzegorz “Końiu” Konowalski BOR is present president of the Black Horse Private Military Company, which offers not only training but besides protection. They both went on missions to Iraq or Afghanistan.. We asked what they had to say about the thought of training 100,000 people a year.

Military training for Poles. The Devil is in the details

A fewer days ago Kamila Baranowska wrote in Interiathat the Ministry of Defence is working to make a voluntary training strategy that will "available to all willing and adapted to their needs and capabilities‘. From 2026 students will have at their disposal stationary, respective weeks, weekend or vacation training.

The government is duplicating and trotting to encourage Poles to train: the rate is to be paid PLN 6 thousand, they will be able to acquire, among others, drone pilot privileges or a licence for trucks. There's a reason.

– The Polish Army has very thin reserves, which consist mainly of men around the age of 40 and older. In short, if aggression had started today, we would have put up a heavy aged army. – explained Dr. Marek Kozubel, co-author of the book “Russian-Ukrainian War. First phase".

Interii speakers, connected with the industry, know the roles of reserves. They're glad individual noticed the problem of missing them.. But they wonder how and where to train.

– I do not know if we are able to train 100,000 people without training centres, instructors and a clear training program that applies to all – raises “Soyers”. – First you gotta check possibilities, strength and means. Then you can give more details – he adds.

The ‘horse’, in turn, points out that military training goes private. due to the fact that it solves quite a few problems for a regular army that has its problems.

– There are private companies all over the planet with the right equipment, people. Better to pay for specified a service than to deal with training in a military unit that has its budgetary objectives – says the instructor. – The head of logistics must take care of the appropriate number of uniforms or toilet paper. An average military unit, through military restrictions, is about 5-6 years behind in comparison to the marketplace – he says.

Reserve training and traps

Both of our interviewers indicate that during the trainings they organize, the optimal group has respective people. – Optimum training groups are about 8-10 people and 1 or 2 instructors with more hard issues – says the president of Blackhorse PMC.

It is hard to circumvent this principle, for example for safety reasons. – safety with weapons and so on. Much depends on the scope of the training. In general, groups should number from respective to respective people as instructor – believes the founder of Pol Sof Academy.

Former JWK commando besides points out that The incentive strategy mentioned by the ruling authorities can besides have undesirable effects.

– We cannot lead to a situation where participation in training will be a way of making easy money with minimal effort. We give people cognition and money, but everything has to work 2 ways – explains Piotr “Soyers” Soyka. We do, but we do. You request the right solutions, the tool. Bo People can only simulate to take money and get out of training. - I'm convinced.

As our caller says, They know that very well, even in the United States Army.. In his conversation with Interia, he refers to the situation with Afghanistan.

Everyone's sweaty. They rolled up the sleeves of uniforms outside the American. I asked him why he didn't. He said he couldn't," JWK said. – Bo If he suffered solar burns, he would gotta pay the punishment for destroying military property.. It is owned by the United States Army. This shows that command knows how people can simulate," he said.

Cost-effective cognition and strategy problems

The retired military and officers do not work with the state sector. Whether it's the units associated with the Ministry of abroad Affairs or the Ministry of abroad Affairs. It is hard to encourage them to return or train. The origin is rather prosaic.

In an interview with Interia “Soyers” points to a situation known from peculiar Forces Training Centre. As he said, the wage for the teacher reaches there... PLN 3.5 thousand. – This is simply a joke, an insult to a soldier.. How much would a retired peculiar unit soldier gain to start training reserves? – he gets nervous. – If a volunteer who knows nothing will get PLN 6,000, learn from a man, a cognition mine, You gotta think about the instructor's salary – raises.

The salaries for experienced instructors, regardless of formation, have long been unsatisfactory. The financial aspect was besides a problem erstwhile the State Protection Service was formed in place of the Government Protection Office. Restoration to the service was hampered by the medical board of the Ministry of abroad Affairs, due to the fact that officers are required to be specified as young people who want to come from the "civil" to the service.

– During 2 decades of work, erstwhile the weight of your equipment ranges from 20 to 60 kilograms, it is not hard to get injured during training or mission," explains Interia “Koniu”. – If individual is found in the civilian market, they retire, return to work for PLN 5-6 1000 is not worth it. specified amounts can be obtained even during 1 training – explains our caller.

Both ‘Soyers’ and ‘Koniu’ consider that special-service instructors should make money from the training of reservekeepers in the order of 15-20 1000 PLN net.

– Instructors will be from respective twelve to respective hundred, no more need. Their wage is simply a promotion in the budget. specified an amount, honestly, should start with 20 1000 PLN per month. individual could say it's a lot," Soyka says. - Just training a peculiar service soldier goes into millions of gold. Additionally, the priceless combat experience gained on missions, which can not be replaced – it blooms.

Jakub Szczepański