Polish army to gain high-readiness reserve service - defence minister
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Waldyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has announced changes in the functioning of the military reserve in the Polish Armed Forces, including the establishment of the ‘high-readiness reserve service’.
The shifts in the functioning of the reserves of the Polish Armed Forces were announced by Kosiniak-Kamysz on Monday.
One such change will involve the relaunch of a civilian training programme on March 7, a pilot of which took place over autumn 2025.
Apart from the training, development of the military personal reserves and changes in their mode of functioning are planned for this year. According to Kosiniak-Kamysz, this is connected to the demographic shifts, which may lead to fewer recruits for the army.
Kosiniak-Kamysz spoke about the creation of the so-called high-readiness reserve service which would consist of trained reservists who regularly take part in military training. The new formation together with the professional army, Territorial Defence Forces (WOT) and other forms of military service, would count 500,000 soldiers ready for swift mobilisation.
Voluntary involvement in the ‘high-readiness reserve service’ would come with various benefits, Kosiniak-Kamysz said. These will include compensation for training, access to different types of courses as well as flexibility when it comes to times of training and the military units in which they would serve.
The minister argued that service in the new reserve formation is supposed to be attractive for potential recruits. He added that both men and women are able to take part on equal terms. (PAP)
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