Defense ministry offers details on updated voluntary recruit training program
Defense ministry offers details on updated voluntary recruit training program
2022-12-20
The Ministry of National Defense on Tuesday offered more details on its updated training regime for voluntary recruits, which will take effect next year. The duration of training will be extended to 380 hours over eight weeks, with more diverse curriculum featuring sports science and casualty care among others. The new program also puts extra emphasis on marksmanship, requiring recruits to shoot a total of 160 rounds of ammunition before the end of training.
Soldiers are hard at training in case their skills are required in a Chinese invasion. In recent years, criticism has mounted over the training regime for Taiwan’s voluntary recruits, with some people saying it is too conservative and traditional, resulting in soldiers who are not able to respond to modern-day threats. The Ministry of National Defense has announced it is changing its training curriculum starting next year.
Liu Shen-mo
Ministry of National Defense
The military has considered the need for combat training and taken into account the training regimes of other advanced countries. So the main focus is actual combat. Originally, the duration of training was 230 hours over five weeks. That will be increased to 380 hours over eight weeks. There will be four types of courses. Regular classes, physical combat skills, weapons training and combat training.
The courses will feature an array of subjects including stress management on the battlefield, sports science, casualty care, survival skills, tactical marching and jungle training. Originally, the program only required trainees to shoot 86 rounds of ammunition in the prone position. Now, they’ll be firing 160 rounds in standing, kneeling and prone positions and while marching. There will also be specialized courses about operating weapons and equipment depending on the needs at the different military units that the recruits are assigned to.
Liu Shen-mo
Ministry of National Defense
The comprehensive training course includes specialized training, training at military bases, joint drills and combat planning exercise to strengthen the combat abilities of soldiers and officers in performing combat missions.
The ministry had previously said it would announce by year’s end its definite plans to extend the duration of conscription from four months to one year. Premier Su Tseng-chang has said the plan is in its final stages for deliberation.
Sun Li-fang
Defense ministry spokesperson
The extension of conscription is a matter that covers a very big range of issues. It involves the international strategic situation and national security considerations, as well as the need to boost our combat readiness, and the rights of conscripts, including educational and economic factors. The ministry is currently in the final stages of coordination and planning and finalizing the details. I believe a public announcement will be made right when the plans are finalized.
The ministry stressed that the plans for longer conscription would be announced as soon as possible.
兵役延長時程有譜? 國防部:確定後會立刻說明
2022-12-20
兵役延長議題備受關注，行政院長蘇貞昌指出各部會盤點已進入最後整理階段，宣佈似乎有譜，但國防部發言人孫立方強調，目前還在統整協調，確定之後會馬上說明，此外為因應兩岸情勢升溫，軍方也改革入伍訓內容，包括時間長達八週380小時，並新增戰場抗壓、戰傷救護與戰術行軍等項目。
國軍官兵積極操課，要因應解放軍威脅，但軍方訓練普遍被認為過於保守和傳統，可能無法應對現代化作戰需求，國防部做出改變。
[[國防部訓練參謀次長室軍事訓練處長 劉慎謨]]
“國軍是考量戰訓的需求，以及參考先進國家的訓練作法，我們是以實戰化為核心，入伍訓練是從原本的五週230個小時，調整為八週380個小時，課程我們區分有一般課程，體能戰技，兵器教練以及戰鬥教練四大類”
在訓練項目部分，新增戰場抗壓、運動科學概論、戰傷救護與求生訓練，以及戰術行軍與樹林訓練等科目，在射擊部分從原本臥姿86發，改成立、跪、臥與行進間射擊，總共160發，同時依照任務需求和部隊屬性，增加新式武器與裝備操作等專長。
[[國防部訓練參謀次長室軍事訓練處長 劉慎謨]]
“我們是藉由完整的駐地專長訓練，兵科基地，聯合演訓以及作戰計畫演練等，來強化官兵執行戰訓任務的作戰職能”
至於外界關心兵役延長到底何時宣佈，行政院長蘇貞昌宣稱各部會的盤點，已經進入最後整理階段，難道已經拍板定案了?
[[國防部發言人 孫立方]]
“有關於役期延長這件事情，它涉及範圍非常廣，除了國際戰略情勢，國家安全的一些考量，我們戰力提升的一些需求，包含役男的各種權益，不管是教育的權益，或者是在經濟上，目前是在緊鑼密鼓的在做最後的統整跟協調，詳細的整個規畫狀況，相信在確定了以後就會立刻的跟我們社會大眾做一個說明”
只強調確定後會馬上公開，公布時程，軍方依舊保密到家。
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