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The Army is currently testing an alternative to the concept of three-month basic training followed by special basic training. The new basic training is intended to address existing training deficiencies and better prepare recruits for combat. Whether the new basic training will be introduced across the board will be decided next year. In addition to the current test association, six associations are currently planned for testing.

The army wants to consistently focus its training on national and alliance defense. This includes equipping all soldiers in the army with solid basic skills so that they can survive on the battlefield and be used for security tasks, writes a team of authors from the army command in an online article. However, the current basic training (GA) alone cannot meet this requirement, since important training phases, such as extended rifle training, training in other handheld and anti-tank weapons as well as combat service up to combat shooting in a group, are only covered in the special basic training (SGA). would, it goes on to say.

Training cannot be guaranteed

Due to this division, new recruits, after their three months of basic training in the designated units, arrive at the operational units that are then responsible for the SGA with incomplete training. However, this means that on average one unit per unit is constantly engaged in the SGA training task, according to the team of authors from the Army Command. In addition, in many cases SGA cannot be guaranteed for all soldiers. This affects both voluntary military service personnel and longer-serving personnel. With regard to the latter, the article says: “Although they are trained for their duty positions, the general military training level remains at the GA level.”

The authors of the Army Command also see a connection between the lack of training and the increased dropout rate among newly recruited soldiers. Around a third of the staff exercised their right of cancellation within the first six months, of which the proportion of cancellations increased visibly during the transition period from GA to SGA, it is said.

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Special basic training following basic training cannot be guaranteed for all recruits (Photo: Bundeswehr / Andrea Bienert)

Basic training instead of GA and SGA

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