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The Swedish Armed Forces planned to call 4,000 recruits annually for basic military training in 2018 and 2019. [3] As the relevant age cohort was about 100,000, this meant that roughly 4% were to be enlisted. [4] Beginning in 2018, over 4,000 conscripts were indeed called up.
Swedish soldiers during a training exercise. Swedish Army regiments are tasked with training conscripts for the operational battalions of the army's rapid reaction organisation. The Gotland Regiment is the only regiment that also trains Home Guard troops. The currently active regiments and their main peacetime subordinate units are:
The Swedish Defence Conscription and Assessment Agency (Swedish: Totalförsvarets plikt- och prövningsverk or Plikt- och prövningsverket), previously the Swedish Defence Recruitment Agency (Swedish: Totalförsvarets rekryteringsmyndighet), is a Government agency in Sweden which conducts recruitment for national service.
In mid-1995, with the national service system based on universal military training, the Swedish Army consisted of 15 maneuver brigades and, in addition, 100 battalions of various sorts (artillery, engineers, rangers, air defence, amphibious, security, surveillance etc.) with a mobilization-time of between one and two days.
Recruitment can be conducted over the telephone with organized lists, through email campaigns and from face to face prospecting. While telephone prospecting is the most efficient, face to face prospecting is the most effective. Military recruiters often set up booths at amusement parks, sports stadiums and other attractions.
Military recruit training, commonly known as basic training or boot camp, refers to the initial instruction of new military personnel. It is a physically and psychologically intensive process, which resocializes its subjects for the unique demands of military employment .
The University trains and educates domestic and international military and civilian personnel, as well as civilian students. The University offers training for career and reserve officers of the Swedish Armed Forces. Graduates contribute, both nationally and internationally, to the management of crisis situations and security issues.
Direct recruitment from civilian life is followed by basic and preparatory leadership training, before joining cadets promoted from lower ranks, during the advanced leadership training during 1.5 year as a specialist cadet at the military academy in Halmstad, leading to a warrant as an OR-6, followed by specialist technical training. Swedish ...