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Encyclopedia > Military education and training

Military education and training is a process which intends to establish and improve the capabilities of military personnel in their respective roles. The armed forces of a state are its government sponsored defense and fighting forces and organizations. ...


Military education can be voluntary or compulsory duty. Before any person get authorization to operate technical equipment or be on the battle field, he or she has to take a medical and often a physical test. If passed, he or she may begin primary training. The primary training is recruit training. Recruit training attempts to teach the basic information and training in techniques necessary to be an effective servicemember. To achieve this, servicemembers are drilled physically, technically and psychologically. The drill instructor has the task of making the servicemembers fit for military use. In medicine, physical examination is the process by which the physician investigates the body of a patient for signs of disease to aid in determining the correct diagnosis. ... In medicine, the physical examination or clinical examination is the process by which the physician investigates the body of a patient for signs of disease. ... To examine somebody or something is to inspect it closely, hence an examination is a detailed inspection or analysis of an object or person. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...


After finishing basic training, many servicemembers undergo advanced training more in line with their chosen or assigned specialties. This range from navy training to studies of explosives. In advanced training, military technology and equipment is often taught. This article lists military technology items, devices and methods. ...


Many large countries have several military academies, one for each branch of the service, that offer college degrees in a variety of subjects, similar to other colleges. However, academy graduates usually rank as officers, and as such have many options besides civilian work in their major subject. Higher ranking officers also have further educational opportunities. A military academy is a military educational institution. ...


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Training through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, in which countries pay for their own training, enables friendly countries to learn operation, maintenance and management of the sophisticated equipment they purchase from the U.S. FMS training sometimes includes tactical training as well.
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One major characteristic of the military education system is the quality of officer training which can only be appraised by independent experts, and even then only indirectly, by comparing it, say, with the civilian higher education system.
The country's present system of military training, being formally one of the branches of the Russian higher education system, is developing to a very large extent independently, on its own basis and with its own resources.
Most of the military education establishments are not in a position to train a specialist able to work creatively in the scientific-technical (military-technical) sphere and therefore, their ability to produce scientific-pedagogical cadres is rather limited.
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