POLISH GOVERNMENT TO OFFER BASIC MILITARY TRAINING TO ALL ITS CITIZENS

Mon 26 September 2022:

The Defence Ministry in Warsaw announced on Monday that the Polish army will provide a fundamental one-day training course to all citizens between the ages of 18 and 65.

The course is to include weapons handling, shooting, close combat and map reading and will be held at 17 army bases on Saturdays in October and November, it said. Only Polish citizens will be eligible.

Long-standing plans to expand the Polish military have gained urgency as a result of the conflict in Ukraine.

Voluntary military service has recently been introduced and employees of the postal service have been urged to to undergo weapons training with the country’s Territorial Defence Force (WOT).

The Polish military currently numbers 110,000, with an additional 30,000 men and women in the (WOT).

The government aims to increase this figure to 250,000 professionals and 50,000 in the WOT.

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