Prime Minister Donald Tusk presented the thought last Friday in the Sejm General military training. In turn, at the beginning of the Tuesday gathering of the Tusk government, he said that in 2027 Poland will accomplish the anticipation of military training 100,000 volunteers a year.
Military training? Expert indicates another solution
The Prime Minister's proposal was discussed by guests "Better Poland" in Polsat News.
– one-, two-, three-day and even thirty-day military training, This is simply a form of promotion and awareness training – assessed the reserve colonel Prof. Dariusz Kozerawski.
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– I'm not saying this is simply a bad idea, but This will surely not supply us with trained individual reserves, which we could usage in defence operations, as part of combat actions," he added.
He said that we should “think and get back to the discussion on restoring at least six months of compulsory military service‘. However, he pointed out that now is not a good time, due to the fact that there is an election run going on.
– It is the work of a citizen to defend his homeland. Not necessarily with guns in hand, but each of us will do any tasks," he said.
Gen. Koziej: A reserve army must be created in Poland
He was not agreed by Brigadier General Stanisław Koziej, who stated that he is ‘an opponent of returning to compulsory military service’.
– The right concept is adoptedto effort to make specified a strategy of incentives, specified a strategy of promotion, to reward those who would choose to do so," he said.
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According to him, The reserve should be about twice as large as the active army. That means respective 100 1000 trained. That is why I have long called for us to start creating a reserve army in Poland," he added.
Referring to the words gene. Kozija Prof. Dariusz Kozerawski reminded that we presently have 200 1000 soldiers in the active army in Poland, so the reserve would be 400 thousand.
– But I want to remind you that Ukraine had 800,000 reserve forces and 240 1000 professional and that is the only reason that this Russian strike has survived – he stressed.
“The soldier must not be hungry. Money is crucial everywhere”
– There's no time. The youngest reservists, or those who finished compulsory military service in 2009, are present about 40 years old," he added.
- That's why reserve formations must be created, in which these reservists will be trained regularly, said Gen. Koziej.
– 1 thing is training of army reservesAnd the another is General public defence training – he added.
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The president of the Polish Institute of global Affairs besides took the level in the discussion Dr Jarosław Ćwiek-Karpowiczwho pointed out the money problem.
– A soldier can't be hungry. Money is crucial everywhere and the army is crucial too," he said.
– Military service must besides be attractive and financially viable. It must besides be attractive to companies that will delegate to training their employees," he added.
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