Why Training in ATEY Never Stops
There is a popular myth that a soldier joins a unit, completes training, receives a uniform, a rifle, a few pieces of wisdom from experienced comrades, and then knows everything necessary for the rest of their service. That is about as realistic as believing that receiving a driver's license automatically makes someone a professional race car driver, or that watching two YouTube videos qualifies a person to rebuild a car engine. Life usually finds a way to explain that things are a little more complicated. Modern warfare does the same thing, only much faster. In the ATEY Combat Battalion, training is not viewed as a separate stage of military service. It is part of everyday life. Not because anyone enjoys waking up earlier or spending extra hours on the training grounds. The reason is much simpler. Modern warfare changes so quickly that sometimes it feels as if someone releases a new update every week. Yesterday everyone was discussing one technology. Today a new one has appeared...