MILITARY NEWS: TRAINING OF MILITARY FACULTY OFFICERS, BY COLONEL S. KNYAZEV

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• Publication Date: April 2, 1962
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Training of lflitarN' Faculty Officers
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colonel S. "MM
(A reply to an article published in No. 30 of the Collection)
Articles on the command training (ko^andirskaya podgatovka )
of officers from military faculties are seldom published in cur press.
Therefore, we, officers of the department of higher ed7ucatiXal
institutions (otdel vusav--Yuz--wyssheys u.:hebnoye zavedeniye ), were
particularly interested in the article by Colonel V. iedarov ?
It is true that the author has stated the primary problems
somewhat sketchily, and seoreaver, we cannot agree with some of his
opinions. First of all, he is wrong in his assertion that the
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officers and generals from military faculties of higher
institutions are isolated from army life and are badly provided with
military literature. Daring the last two years, in the Carpathian
Iilitary District, more than half the officers aaft'iaengenerals
with higher
military faculties nave been rep ced by young
military education who have come directly from the troops. Slmy are
coping successfully with the great tasks given them and are skilful3y
iWarting military kaovledge to their stuleata, the future reserre
officers.
Of course, the young instr darn an military faculties used
assistance in mastering teaching matb4s? It is just to this that
the heads of faculties and the departments of higher ednaticeual
institutions in military districts should pay the most attention when
plama5ng commend and methods trainisng, especially in the case of
seysn to ten-day refresher courses (*bar).
As far as literatwe is eocaroad, the officers and psseerals
employed at military faculties suffer from no lack of it. Wavash
the directorates of the lfinaistry of Dtfenssea, lare provided t district
with a
headquarters may, just as all other &M setticiont guuanttty of revulations, aaana.la, courses in riksssnship,
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textbool.e, and visual aids. Bach military faculty subscribes to the
necessary military, technical, and special journals.
Officers at the faculties systematically attend command aurercises,
visit units during refresher training caurrses, and while the students
do their training, participate in commend staff and tactical a 'cises.
For example, in February 1960 seven-day district refresher courses
were held for all officers em loyed on m. itary faculties. All
military faculties held four-or five-day refresher courses at the
end of the spring semester used before the start of the new academic
year. During the year more than a third of the officers participated
in command staff exercises and exercises with troops and a
considerable number attended special refresher courses conducted by
central and district directorates.
The military faculties at higher educational institutions are
fully provided with the necessary training weapons and combat and
transport equipment. This allays all exercises with students on
tactics, special tactics, fire and drill training and other subjects
? to be conducted under cooditione in the field approximating those in combat.
Officers of military faculties are becoming less and less cart off
from the soldier's life every year.
Colonel V. Fedorov considers that the most suitable time for
district refresher courses for officers and generals employed at
military faculties is when the students are on winter ~i
the only
our opinion, the winter vacation is not only suitable a
possible time for holding district refresher courses be4muse for the
?rhol a of the re ms ining time the officers and the generals are busy
teaching, and during the summer vacation they are, together
students, in camp for practical training and special practice with
the troops.
It should be borne in min!, however, that the winter vacation
does not fall at the stare time Sn all the hilbe r educational
institutions. Rbere!oa e, we inquire beforehand at the higher
educational institutions vbe i their vacation begins and arrange the
bates for the district refresher canrses to *nswe a 100 percent
attendance of officers and generals.
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The author of the article under discussion has shown too
sketchily the orgmnizatin and conduct of district refresher courses
for off icera and generals from military faculties. He deals in a
particularly weak manner with such an important question as the training
of the intructors in teaching methods.
In this connection we should like to discuss in some detail the
experiences with refresher courses for officers and generals from
military faculties which were eooducted by the Lldrpathian Military
District in February 1960.
The refresher courses were planned for the first week in
February and by the 15th of Decker, the commandeer of the troops for
the military district bad already confirmed the following allocatice
of hours and subjects for the refresher courses.
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Arrangements made
Allocation of Hams
~TTcr~al
Hours
*rxist -Len.i nist Training 1 6
Training in Tactics and
Special Tactics
Methods Training
Drill Instruction
Report on the Results of
Students' Training for
the First Semester,,
Statements by Refresher
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2
5KU-res Practical
V-~uatcises
10 13
- 10
- 2
Coarse Students, Instr4c-
time from the Ccmand+er 5 5
TOTALS 46 21 25
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Subjects for the Refresher Courses
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Internations I Position of the, Soviet Union (lecture) - 2 hrs
The Results of the Work of the Decermber Plenum of
the Oentral Committee of the Soviet union (lecture) - 2 bra
The Influence of Scientific and Technical Progress
on the Development of Combat Xquipment and Methods of
Armed Comet (lecture)
TRAINZ$G IN TACTICS AND SECIAL TACTICS
(for all participants in the refresher course)
A Precipitate Attack on a Prepared 1lSoem ' Defense
Position by a Motorized Rifle Division (a act-x re) - 2 bra
The Use of Atomic Weapons and Artillery during a
Precipitate Attack an a Prepared ZDwW Defense Position
by a Motorized Rifle Division (lecture) - 2 bra
Seminar on the New Combat and Field Mtnua1 - 3 bra
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engineer Support during an Attack by s )btcz used
Rifle Division (lecture) - 1 hr
course except officers of the medical service) -13 bra
Group nap exercise on the subject "Mad cal
Support in a Precipitate Attack an a Prepared snamq
Defense Position by a Motorized Rifle Division"
(practical exercise for officers of the sadical service) -13 bra
Supply of Technical squ ipaut for an Attack by a
Motorized Rifle Division (lecture)
Group map exercise can the Subject of "A Precipi-
tate Attack on a Prepared seesyr Defepee Position by e
Motorized Rifle Division" (for all participants in the
MILL RI TI(*
(for all participants is the refresher Comm)
Practical exercise on the subject "D: ill 16ss01
and Marching, with Arm"
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For lecturers on canined-erns a ?ects : an open
exercise (otkrytoyc zanyatiye) on the subject of
"Control of a Rifle Platoon during an Attack"
- 5 bra
A d manstration (poky znoye .aryatiye) of
"?ire Control in a Rifle Platoon in Defense" - 5 bra
For artillery officers : a demonstration
"A Coammnd Platoon of an Artillery Battery in an
Attack"
Tactical exercise of an artillery division with
comet firing by day and by night an the subject of
"Whys and i thoda of Work to sure a >`9eving of
Time and an Increase in Accuracy of Tire"
Tom officers of the medical service the
folloving lectures :
"W derv Problem of Orpnizatioc and Tactics
in Medical BuTpcat, for the Troops"
"Organization and Utent of Surgical Aid at the
stages of *dical Evacuation"
"The Sorting of.Oasuelt2es at the Stages of
Medical Evacustioa"
"Current Inforstion on Zn=W Preparation
for Barteriologtearl Warfare and the Qrgunization
of Antihacteriological Protection of Troops and
the I c:al Population"
"Proaisioc of Medical and 1vacuation Services
for Troops in an Area Sit by a Chemical Weapon"
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6 bra
- 2 bra
- 2 bra
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The responsibility for preparing and conducting all exercises
was given to the appropriate ccmr z4ing officers of arms of
troops and cc tndf,ng officers of departments and directorates of
the district. Control over the preparation of teaching materials,
open exercises and demonstrations was exercised by the assistant
caamander of trce,,ps for higher educational institutions in the
district.
The organizaticsal i.netructtc a for support of the eoursas
provided for the allocation of vehicles, motor transportation
potential and aama:nition, and also of financial means (taking into
account the printing of the training and introductory problems,
and of the starting situation on topographical cape),, location of the
course, the number of study groups, was informrtion measures, and
feeding arrangements.
A31 training materials were prepared 7 to 10 days before the
beginning of the cotrses. The leaders of tactical training groups
rehearsed 4 or 5 days bet are the courses.
The responsibility for organizing and conducting the course
was placed an the assistant commander of troops for higher educational
institutions in the district.
F`ross the allocation of hours and the selection of subjects, as
shown above, it will, be seen that more than half of the training time
wee allotted to practical exercises. Out of the 25 to 30 hours of
practical exercises, 10 hours were devoted to training the instructors
in methods.
I shuuld like to may a few words about open exercises and
damonstrat_-can. In the 1958 courses, exercises on the subject of
"A Rifle Platoon in the Attack" were conducted with the participation
of a platoon out cadets of the Military Academy. The exercises were
well prepared and conducted, but it vas not typical of exercises with
students of higher odueaticzml institution-. We recognized this defect
and since 1959 have been conducting open exercises and damonstrstioos
with the Participation of groups of such students. Judging by the
reaction of the ma joarity of generals and officers from military
faculties, these exercises render them considerable assistance with
training methods.
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To judze fzoan Colcmel V. Eedarov' a article, a consideerable defect in
the case 6t the Varoceth _ ilitary District is tlat not all the
generals and off ic o=s frowi military faculties are included in the
drill instruction. It should be borne in mind that drill training
of students should not be taught by combined-arses officers alone.
ArtiUcry. signal, and engineer officers, as well as officers of the
rear and medical services, should be able to conduct drill instruction.
Each instructor from a military faculty is assigned several study
groups at different laTels which be moult instruct during the whole
period. in one principal subject and two or three related to it. The
transfer of subjects and study groups from one instructor to another
is not allowed, as a rule. Tberefcn e, courses for all the officers
from military faculties should include demonstrations and open
exercises in fire and drill training. In exercises for arcs of troop.
and services, it is desirable to study with officers only special,
acxre difficult problaar on certain subjects in the program.
Colonel V. scorer writes that at Voronezh, a group composed of
officers from the military faculty is studying l!e-r tat-t intst training
at the Officers` Club. In other garrisons the officers hear lectures
at regional military commissariats (oblvoenkoarat) and political
departments of special units of the garrisons, but senIzars are bell
in the military faculties wader the guidcnce of the beads of faculties.
In on opinion, this is not the only acceptable form of *rzist-LenInIst
training for officers-from military faculties. Is it possible that
all the officers from military faculties in the garrison are studying
only one branch of Marxist-Leninist science, say, the history of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Mice, political econcagr, or Phil cipbyt
Besides, how can the bead of the faculty co uct a seadnar when the
officers are studying different branches of *rxist-Leninist science?
With us, b1arxist-Leninist training in each faculty is dons in
accordance with its own plan which is connected with the study plan
of the higher educational institution. As is well known, political
eeoDomy, history of the OPSU, and philosophy are studied by all the
Instructors at civilian hig er educational institutions. got is why
we recd ed that officers from military faculties should study
directly at the higher educational institutions. we think that this
is a quit.'acceeptable form of *rxist-Lsainist txailntag for officsrs
from adlitery faculties and one, acreoArar, which is aars reliable
from the Viewpoint of control.
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It is another matter when the officers are studying problems
of military science in the classic works of )krxiei -Leninists. In
such cases it is mc-?e desirable that studies and seminars be hall
in district of.. _ -mss' clubs, regional military commaissartatc,
political departments of special urLita of garrisons, and at, the
military faculties of higher educational institutions.
In order that officers from military faculties my keep abreast
of the developments in tactics, veapos, and combat equipment, all
faculties in the Carpathian W.litary Dist - pct are attached to
military units and military training institutions. Hare the officers
get acquainted with the latest types of armament, attend lectures
which are pert . of ccmmmnders' training, and are present at critiques
on varw tactical and cceimand staff exercises.
At the saw time the officers from military faculties take an
active part in the work ce local br*nches of the Society for the
Diseemiwtion of Political and Scientific tnovledge and in military
science societies, and they recount their experiences in training
and educating students cos the, pages of the military press. A =mater
of officers from the faculties have produced scholarly works rich
have been published by the Military Publishing' Rouse.
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