An exercise study in the development of command and staff personnel of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland based on examples from the Russo-Ukrainian War

Preparing command and staff personnel to plan, organise and conduct operational and tactical actions in accordance with the evolving organisation, equipment and tactics of a potential opponent is the basic objective of armed forces training. The outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War initiated a range of processes affecting the quantitative and qualitative improvement of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland. One of the key efforts to strengthen operational capabilities is training, including the training and improvement of commanders and entire commands, based on real-life examples derived from the Russo-Ukrainian War. In this paper, the author points out the constitutive features and possibilities of using an exercise study in the process of shaping command and staff competencies. The main research method used in the exercise study is multi-criteria analysis and the possibility of drawing conclusions, as it were, live from an ongoing war is educationally appealing for commanders and staff officers. The author’s theoretical considerations are summarised with an exploration of a selected example from the current Russo-Ukrainian War.