European Military Academy Commandants
Seminar (EMACS) C Syndicate
Influence of Possible Future Conflicts’
Tendencies on Officer Training
Syndicate C
Country
Participants
Moderator
Lithuania (LT)
Prof. Dr. Valdas RAKUTIS
Assistant
Lithuania (LT)
Capt. Gediminas VENCKUS
Austria (AT)
Col Gernot PAUSCHENWEIN
Estonia (EE)
Col Martin HEREM
Greece (GR)
MajGen Konstantinos VELEGRAKIS
Greece (GR)
Lt Dimosthenis KOSTARELLOS
Italy (IT)
Col Fulvio POLI
Netherlands (NL)
Maj Fred VAN WIJCK
Poland (PL)
Col Krzysztof KLUPA
Poland (PL)
Col Piotr PERTEK
Slovenia (SI)
Col Tomaž KLADNIK
Sweden (SE)
Col René JOHAN
Participants
Discussed Topics
1. What kind of conflicts are predicted in military doctrines of
European countries?
2. What kind of education and training really needs for the
young man in order to become an officer?
3. Modernizations and traditions: competitors or partners?
4. New ideas/proposals?
What kind of conflicts are predicted in military doctrines
of European countries?
National defense (dominating priorities)
Domestic law and order enforcement (police functions)
Missions abroad (Citizens not understand take limited
support)
Disaster relief operations
 Issue: Gap between citizens and army are growing.
What kind of education and training really needs for the
young man in order to become an officer?
 Officer training options:
 Too difficult to predict future in order to prepare young officers.
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 Basic officers education (military academy).
 Special specialty training (additional specific courses).
 Cooperate in specific modules and share ERASMUS system of exchange.
 Language competence.
 Cultural.
 Democratic leadership.
 Human rights.
Basic leader education. Dominate and remain classical leader education, which could be easily adapted to future
conflicts (specific technical education).
Preparation of reserve (canceling of conscripts needs to be compensated by other forms of citizens military training).
(Mobilization, gap between society).
Citizen society involving into:
 Military trainings (training programs).
 Military camps.
 Lectures in University for students.
Impact of rapidly changed Environment.
 Computer literacy.
 Readiness.
 Media.
Modernizations and traditions: competitors or partners?
 Modernization:
 Modernization – optimization – reduction.
 Real modernization methods.
 Traditions:
 Traditions – fundament for officers training.
 When not possible to convince with traditions – time for
modernization (in bad sense).
 Values:
 Issues on convincing with values.
 Problem: how to convince new generation.
 No dogmatic way.
PROPOSALS
 Army have to show more activity in order to inform politics and society
opinion about defense and security situation/problems.
 Strategic community national and European level.
 Officers – researches as respectable authority for society for security
defense problems.
 Military science and research centers
- Involve military personnel
 Doctor studies (Phd) in military science (people in uniforms).
 Understanding of military science.
 Issue: Budget for military, for officers training.