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Poland Launches Free Survival Training to Boost Resilience

11/29/2025

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Poland offers free weekend training in survival and military skills, including fire safety and gas mask use, to boost civilian resilience.
Officials say the program will strengthen resilience and may encourage enlistment in reserves.
Poland's defense spending exceeds 4% of GDP, and the government plans to train 400,000 citizens by 2027.
Poland positions itself as having NATO's third-largest army.

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Poland offers free weekend training in survival and military skills, including fire safety and gas mask use, to boost civilian resilience.
Officials say the program will strengthen resilience and may encourage enlistment in reserves.
Poland's defense spending exceeds 4% of GDP, and the government plans to train 400,000 citizens by 2027.
Poland positions itself as having NATO's third-largest army.