Military training at CU: training must be as close to reality as possible












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            * Military training at CU: it’s not Afghanistan, but training must be as close to reality 
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            For them, war isn’t just something they hear about in the media, but an actual situation t

            very soon find themselves in or for which they will prepare their charges in the future. D
            studies they get a taste of what it’s like to test themselves to the limit and must learn 
            extreme stress – both physical and psychological. All the above applies to students of the

            Military Science, which this year celebrates the 60th anniversary of its founding at the C
            Physical Education and Sport [ URL "http://www.ftvs.cuni.cz/eng/"] . Visitors to the facul
            grand celebration on 24 September, which will see parachutists land in the faculty complex

            from rotating helicopter blades and see students abseil from the helicopters, as well as d
            hand-to-hand combat and crisis rescue.


            The Military Science Department was founded in the 1950s in reaction to the recent war and
            of the army of the time. “Every war shows you that you’re not well-enough prepared for it.

            works or doesn’t work in war, you ask yourself why. The physical fitness of soldiers is, i
            of great importance. In the 1950s the army therefore called for the schooling of experts i
            preparation and, as the Institute for Physical Education and Sport was being set up at the

            included a department of military science,” explains Col. doc. PaedDr. Lubomír Přívětivý, 
            FTVS UK Department of Military Science.
            Even though the department has seen many changes in the ensuing sixty years (radical reduc

            intake – from fifty applicants accepted in the 1970s to the current five; in the 1970s the
            even an independent institution of higher education), its goal remains the same – to prepa
            the management and command of in-service physical education in the army. Lessons are natur

            to further this goal – in addition to the same study programmes as civilian students who a
            physical education and sport, and students of the Department of Military Science also take
            subjects and exercises, learning how to create movement and training programmes for soldie

            rules of proper rehabilitation and regeneration. Since the 1990s courses have emphasised s
            physical education. Students perfect their military swimming and climbing skills, close co
            of ice and snow, throwing of grenades, take part in military all-round events, take course

            extreme situations and learn how to lead this type of training programme.
            “Psychologically and physically, the most demanding courses are the summer and winter ones
            students spend several days outside the university. They are subjected to massive pressure

            and night, don’t get enough sleep, food or drink and must perform a variety of demanding t
            you can never exactly simulate the kind of situation you get in, for example, Afghanistan,
            as close as possible to situations in which you could, realistically, find yourself. Even 

            of our students are involved in missions abroad, they get the best possible preparation fo
            guidance of our experts. Graduates primarily take charge of physical education for section
            forces and organisations of the Army of the Czech Republic, and their preparation is often

            flexible and high-quality that they frequently take positions with the 601st General Morav
            Group in Prostějov, which concentrates the best of the best in the army, or in different s
            they are accepted to become involved in combat,” emphasises Dr. Přívětivý.



            During their studies students must thus take a large number of block courses at both facul

            training centres. The Department of Physical Education further collaborates with a number 
            centres abroad, some of which allow students to undergo short-term training or study trips
            for example, the Royal Military Institute for Physical Education and Sport in Eupen, Belgi

            students travel to the special training centre for mountain combat in Saalfelden, Austria.
            Visitors will be able to get at least a small taste of what students of military physical 
            to learn at the celebrations of the anniversary of the department’s founding, which will t

            the afternoon of 24 September on the premises of the CU Faculty of Physical Education and 
            Vokovice.