In Warsaw
While a Russian missile recently violated its airspace again, Poland has for two years demonstrated its desire to create
“the most powerful army in Europe”
, capable of facing the Russian threat. The country has planned material investments and a doubling of military personnel. Since then, the recruitment centers have been full.
That day, in the examination room of the military recruitment center in Praga Warsaw, the faces of the six candidates were tense and none of them wanted to discuss.
“They are gambling with their future
,” explains the psychologist who came to give them psychological and cognitive tests. If the results are positive, they will be able to join the army in the coming weeks. And perhaps, as the poster posted on the front door proclaims,
“join the best”
.
If the Minister of Defense, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, recently ruled out the possibility of reestablishing military service, abolished in Poland in 2008, the army...
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