Chairman of State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends coordination meeting on training programs of academies and training schools of PyinOoLwin Station
NAY PYI TAW October 16
Defence Services Academy, Defence Services Technological Academy and army training schools in PyinOoLwin Station held a coordination meeting on training matters at the Tatmadaw Guesthouse in PyinOoLwin this afternoon, attended and given guidance by Chairman of State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
Present were Chief of General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) General Maung Maung Aye, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Admiral Moe Aung, Commanderin-Chief (Air) General Tun Aung, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, Central Command Commander Maj-Gen Ko Ko Oo, commandants of DSA and DSTA, commandants of local training depots and officials.
Dynamic and potent Tatmadaw The Senior General said a gathering was organized to give directives on training matters. The three capabilities of units and members must be promoted for the Tatmadaw to have prowess, and the Tatmadaw must be equipped with modern military gear to become powerful. Hence, leaders of the State should be interested in enhancing the defence capability of the country. The Tatmadaw is responsible for enhancing its capability and the State must built it to become powerful.
There are world leaders who prioritize politics or who are interested in building the defence power. The difference in defence power depends on the attention paid to it by the military and State leaders. Physical and spiritual development is required to build a Tatmadaw with high capability. Education promotion programs for Tatmadaw members are in progress as better knowledge and experience can broaden the horizon of views.
Training depots are building Tatmadaw of the future Military leadership is of vital importance for the Tatmadaw. Only the good followers with good discipline and obedience can become perfect leaders. Training is given for a military commander of any unit to become battle ready. Basically, there is uniformity in capability-building programs of training schools. They are providing all the required technology and knowledge through difference stages starting from basic military science.
Training has two parts – knowledge impartment and skill impartment. All the branches of corps are also providing rank-wise techniques and knowledge. Tatmadaw has established perfect training programs. As training schools are building the Tatmadaw of future, instructors should do their job in all seriousness.
PyinOoLwin core of training courses must be model in training programs Instructors must strike a balance between the knowledge imparted through training and lectures. They must always assess the ratio between trainees and trainers and train the learners till they can apply the knowledge in the practical field and overcome hardships through system teaching programs in all subjects. Instructors must be qualified to bring about competent trainees. Hence, extra care is needed in choosing and assigning instructors. Qualification of trainees depends on the qualification of instructors. Training programs call for systematic supervision of officials.
As PyinOoLwin is an auspicious training ground for the Tatmadaw, training capabilities must be modelled and academic subjects must be taught to be skillful as well. As restrictions have been imposed to get out-pass and permit for travel since 2020 when the COVID-19 outbreak started, the trainees will have more time to learn academic subjects and military science. It is necessary to study academic subjects to gain knowledge by managing the time profitably.
Individual trainee must be trained to be strong mentally and physically It will be hard and tiring for the trainees in basic military training period while learning academic subjects and military science. Therefore, arrangements must be systematically made to make sure the cadets will be strong mentally and physically. As only if it is healthy, work can be done and academic subjects be learnt, arrangements must be made to get trainees well in health. To be healthy, an eating style that will help be nutritious to develop the body must be developed and to be fit and strong, systematic training must be provided. When selected to be a serviceman, the trainees have received necessary tests for body, height and health. As depending on individual healthy eating style, there will be differences in free of disease and fitness and healthiness, trainees must be trained at training schools so that their individual lifestyle will be healthy and good. They must be trained in order to lead a good life with their own sense of consideration. As each person has a different type of building body, their stamina standards must be built by undergoing training. Instructors are for mental and physical training. Moreover, they are to train trainees to get well-disciplined too. It is necessary to train trainees to get a similar spiritual discipline and respective training schools are to hand good traditions down. Depending on the teaching type of instructors, there will be differences in trainees’ capabilities.
As military ration of the Tatmadaw is systematically designed and manufactured to meet nutrition truly necessary for each serviceman, it is necessary to make arrangements for enabling trainees to get fully provided with military ration. It is necessary to make arrangements so that trainees could have the military ration fully and the ration must be good too. As training schools have to produce healthy and fit trainees, instructors need to provide supervision in order that trainees will be systematic in individual eating and living style. Despite differences upon age and gene, it is necessary to meet the standards set in terms of age in the Tatmadaw.
Afterwards, Chief of General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) Chief Training Officer General Maung Maung Aye reported on measures on training at the Tatmadaw, standards of training schools, the need of promoting physical and mental condition of trainees, and the state of matters to be done.
Then, the Senior General gave concluding remarks saying that he has taken time to give instructions on the needs of training. Besides, officers and other ranks have to be careful of security on information in discharging duties individually and their families are to be alert with a sense of consciousness and attentiveness on security of information. As instructors of training schools are qualified, they are to train their students to be aware of a sense of security. It is necessary to use social media networks and online technology in the things to be beneficial and be disciplined and systematic in applying them. Showing role models themselves, instructors are to make efforts to teach trainees so that they will become trainees who are qualified for reasonable leadership.