MILITARY EDUCATION AS POSSIBILITY IN BULGARIA

Neno Hristov Hristov
Colonel Associate Professor, Ph.D., D. Sc. (National Security)
Military Academy Sofia, Bulgaria, email: neno.hristov@gmail.com

Abstract

The army is a closed organization with structures, working rules, hierarchy and career development other than the civil sector. The military education system is being developed in accordance with national and European legislation and in accordance with NATO directives for organizing and conducting the individual training of personnel from the Armed Forces. A new NATO approach to crisis resolution, which results in the need for closer cooperation between military units and civilian organizations, reflected the Bulgarian military educational system. The education system was an approach to answer of requirements of the Bulgarian armed forces missions. The defense is tied to the training of cadres for the armed forces, and the education is aimed at training them to acquire higher education in accordance with national and European requirements. ?he higher military schools train students in the Military live work to the needs of other ministries and agencies with responsibilities for national security. It is an element of the policy of the Ministry of Defense for nearly a decade, aimed at the strategic goal of military education and military science being increasingly opene d and placed in a competitive environment, both in terms of civil education and civil society organizations in Bulgaria, Military Education and Military Science in NATO and EU countries.

Keywords: education system, individual training, armed forces, higher military schools.