
Stepan Poltorak: Our priority is a radical change in officers’ training
"Our
priority is a radical change in the system of officers training at
operational-tactical and operational-strategic levels. Certain changes in
training have taken place, but not all problems are solved yet," the
Minister of Defense said.
According
to the Minister, one of the main tasks of Armed Forces commanders is a careful
and qualitative selection of candidates for training: "We need to pay more
attention to the selection of officers to be trained, select those who have a
sufficient level of skills and knowledge, who can make decisions. It is from
such personalities we have to form a commander, a new commander, who will be an
authority for his personnel, respected and appreciated by them."
“We should
stop the practice of training officers of operational-tactical and
operational-strategic levels in classrooms. They have to be trained during
practical classes and exercises,” Stepan Poltorak said.