Major General Liu Shenmo, Director of the Military Training Division of the Office of the Undersecretary of Training Staff.

(Provided by the Department of Defense)

[Reporter Tu Jumin/Taipei Report] The Ministry of National Defense held a press conference today and stated that in order to meet the needs of modern warfare, the enlistment training of volunteer officers and soldiers will be adjusted from the current 5 weeks and 230 hours to 8 weeks and 380 hours on trial starting from New Year’s Day next year. Hour.

And the posture of shooting training is no longer limited to prone shooting, and will be adjusted from the current prone position with 86 rounds of ammunition to standing, kneeling, and lying down, shooting a total of 160 rounds of ammunition while walking.

The Ministry of National Defense held a regular press conference this morning. Liu Shenmo, director of the Military Training Division of the Office of the Under-Secretary of the Training Staff, said that the National Army considers the needs of combat training and refers to the training methods of advanced countries, with actual combat as the core. The training has been adjusted from the original 5 weeks and 230 hours to 8 weeks and 380 hours.

Please read on...

Liu Shenmo said that in addition to general courses, physical combat skills, weapon coaches, and combat coaches, there are four categories of courses: reasonable adventure, battlefield anti-stress, health management, introduction to sports science, war wound rescue, survival training, tactical marching and camping training. In other projects, the live ammunition shooting part has been adjusted from the original 86 rounds of ammunition in the prone position to 160 rounds of ammunition shot in three postures of standing, kneeling, and lying down, and walking.

In terms of troop training, Liu Shenmo said that according to mission requirements and troop attributes, intermediate and advanced specialties, new weapons, equipment operations, etc. will be added. Combat capability for combat training missions.