How the Armed Forces soldiers are trained in the UK. The story of a fighter who has been trained
Preparation centers were scattered throughout England, and different units of the Armed Forces were trained in various units of the Army, Fleet and Royal Air Force. Personally, I was undergoing a young fighter course, whose program is 6 months for the British. For us, she was squeezed up to three weeks. It included maneuvers in the department, the skills of equipment equipment, masking, patrolling, weapons, firing and studying the laws and customs of war.
They arrived at the military air base, from there by bus - to the training center. The training center is three dozen of one- and two-storey buildings for the theoretical part and personnel, all training is in practice. The instructor composition is higher than any praise, from their attitude to us and ending with their skills. The main thing is that they did not teach us. They noted it constantly: "We are just instructed and hope that these skills will be useful for you.
" In addition, they were interested in the specifics of hostilities in Ukraine, paid much attention to those of us who had combat experience and made adjustments to their program. We had no superficial attitude to us, I could not imagine how much they sympathize with us and support us. The training program is a six -month -old course of a young soldier compressed with the adjustments of our Ukrainian curators and British instructors.
Different divisions of Ukrainians studied in different units of the British, so I cannot say all unambiguously. They started with the basics - techniques of safe handling of weapons, racks, movements. Then they went to maneuvers in twos, four and so on to the branch. They taught tactical medicine, to choose a place for the field camp, how to patrol, how to fight in the forest and in the field, then went to the city, there were shootings.
Training in the fields and in the city were with idle cartridges. There was a sports ground with an inventory for every taste. I did not communicate with civilians, but all the British unanimously support Ukraine, and some stand with us side by side. They are open and simple, love low humor and strong army mat. Sometimes they behave like children: torn between their feet pants at training cause them to be hysteria. The ambushes can be demonstratively made, unmasking the whole department of recruits.
They communicate very openly, the informal situation in them is really informal. However, there is no doubt about their skills, the strength and endurance in each for three, some of the shoulders have not one combat business trip to Afghanistan. Many do not understand the possibility of this program. It is a chance that not everyone falls because someone has studied with their own bitter experience and their own blood.
It is an honor, it is an opportunity to get preparation without rocket firing, and for those who already have, it is an opportunity to share their experiences and get someone else's. Some even after three weeks did not understand it, but these are their problems. Training mobilized abroad is an opportunity to give them maximum security guarantees.
Personally, for our army in peacetime, it is necessary to borrow the organization of the service, the principles of equipment, to pay more attention to combat training and less to the dilapidated, workers. Lower and middle and middle commanders should be given more freedom for initiative, paying more attention to the preparation of the sergeant, translating all paper and organizational work on officers.
It is necessary to study the current conditions of war on their own and others' experience, not on the statutes of the 1970s and not the blood of their soldiers. The officer who was a senior instructor did all the work on a level with his soldiers and us when he led a platoon. He assumed the same weight, weapons and personal protective equipment. He noted that it should be with their people, because if they do not trust it, they would not risk it, they would take the initiative.